Rio Carnival – the greatest party on Earth
Having just had the pleasure of attending Rio Carnival 2015, I can confirm that it is indeed the greatest party on Earth, and quite possibly in the galaxy!
Natalie Prass – Album of the Week #3
This week’s ‘Album of the Week’, Natalie Prass’ eponymously titled LP, is the latest release from the awesome Spacebomb record label. Founded by Matthew E. White…
Scarecrow
“Scarecrow on a wooden cross / blackbird in the barn / Four hundred empty acres / that used to be my farm / I grew up…
Do It For Your Mum
‘Do It For Your Mum‘ is the biography of Britain’s most exciting and endlessly creative band, British Sea Power. Passionately and cheerily told by their amateur…
Album of the Week
Thanks to my wonderful cousin, Lis (of ejengland-art.com), I have a picture frame that snugly fits and LP and, even better, levers open to allow regular…
Festive Fifteen 2014
The New Year is around the corner, Xmas holidays have begun for some and so it is time to reflect on the best music of the…
Festival No. 6 2014
Wales, sunshine, swimming in the estuary on the set of ‘The Prisoner’ – why can’t it be Festival No.6 every weekend? 2013 Headline acts: London Grammar;…
Stranger on the Shore
RIP Acker Bilk. I revised for my GCSEs to my Dad’s Acker Bilk LPs, and while I may have failed French, I nevertheless learned that there…
American Interior: in search of a lost Welsh tribe
“In 1792 John Evans, a 22 year old weaver from Waunfawr in the mountains of Snowdonia, Wales, responded to a plea from the great Welsh cultural…
Latitude 2014
Ah, Latitude again, for what is becoming an annual pilgramage with my lifetime best friends. The performances don’t really matter when you are with the your…
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