Wednesday, 22 July 2026

A World of Our Own - Cherry Red Records invite us to revisit the mid-sixties 'folk explosion'

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Various Artists A World of our Own: The UK & Irish Folk Explosion of 1965 Cherry Red Records Being born in 1961 meant that a lot o...
Thursday, 9 July 2026

When the Yukon Came to Quatt

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Diyet & The Love Soldiers Live at Quatt Village Hall, Shropshire 14 May 2026 On the road between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, jus...
Monday, 15 June 2026

Three albums to help us to spring into summer - new releases by Juni Habel, Amy Hopwood and Anna McLuckie

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Juni Habel's Evergreen in Your Mind   As we ease into summer, I’m still enjoying three beautiful recent releases that arrived in a sprin...
Thursday, 9 April 2026

The Pleasures of Reading Uneasy Tales – The British Library’s ‘Tales of the Weird’ series

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I don’t read much modern fiction these days. The last few contemporary novels I’ve read have included Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood , Tov...
Monday, 9 February 2026

'A Passenger in Time' out of print

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  Back in 2009, I self-published a novel for children called A Passenger in Time . The story was set in 2005 and involved a young teenager –...
Thursday, 22 January 2026

Radiating thoughtful beauty - Yosef Gutman’s 'Resisei Lyla' reviewed

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I’ve been an enthusiastic follower of Yosef Gutman ’s music since I reviewed his album Soul Song in 2023 (a collaboration with his friend, ...
Monday, 5 January 2026

My top ten albums of 2025

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Summers & Silvova's How To Raise the Wind As the new year begins it’s a good time to reflect back on all the great new music that ap...