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I Shot A Man In Reno: April 2010
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Thursday, 29 April 2010. My new book,. Under The Ivy: The Life and Music of Kate Bush. Is published next week by Omnibus Press. I will still be updating this site with news of other work (such as today’s Duke Special piece) but I’d imagine that most of the action in the immediate future will be taking place over at my new blogsite for. Which can be found. A long, adapted extract from the book forms the cover story in this month’s. Witty, eclectic and often dazzling,. The dazzling mind of Duke Special.
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I Shot A Man In Reno: May 2010
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Thursday, 27 May 2010. Tracey Thorn’s new solo album,. Love And Its Opposite. Is a quietly extraordinary record, eschewing the fireworks of grand passion to explore the niggles and neuroses bubbling below the surface of many long-term relationships. I talk to Thorn about her ace new album here. I also recently caught up with Sandi Thom, who’s gone from much-maligned internet ‘sensation’ to gnarled Blues warbler. Odd. More here. Friday, 7 May 2010. Thursday, 6 May 2010. Simon Says, Hold Tight. The Observe...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: February 2010
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010. I’m blogging over at the. On Richard Thompson’s appointment as the artistic director of Meltdown 2010. Come and add your thoughts here. I review First Aid Kit’s Edinburgh show here. And talk to the audaciously talented and impressively composed Klara Soderberg here. Thursday, 11 February 2010. I talk to the brilliant indigenous Australian singer Gurrumul. Who made the best-selling world music album of 2009, and review. Wednesday, 3 February 2010. Also on theartsdesk, I review.
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I Shot A Man In Reno: November 2009
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Sunday, 29 November 2009. Gaga 4 Kid A. In one of those obligatory and inherently unsatisfactory. Lists that gets everyone terribly hot under the collar, I’ve written a piece in today’s. Justifying the inclusion of Radiohead’s. As runner-up in the Album of the Decade stakes. Ain’t subjectivity a gas? Find out the winner and the full Top 50 - and, naturally, take the chance to unleash the full force of your scorn for the entire enterprise - here. I've been trained to love my darkness," indeed. Featuring i...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: The Resurrection of Johnny Cash
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011. The Resurrection of Johnny Cash. I have a new book out, published by Jawbone. The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption and American Recordings. About it on Amazon. Some early reviews are already in, and very nice they are too. The review in the new issue of. Calls it a "marvellous book . masterfully chronicling the last few years of Cash's life . Thomson's always eloquent writing fills the page with atmosphere and keen critical assessment.". On a similarly positive note,.
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I Shot A Man In Reno: August 2010
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Thursday, 5 August 2010. It's been all about American legends lately, as the following flurry of hyper-links suggests. First up there was an examination of the roots of Elvis. P not C) featuring contributions from the wonderful Paul Buchanan; then fascinating chats with Rosanne Cash. Of the latter’s recent Edinburgh show over at. Where I also contributed to a round-up. Of the month's best new albums. I’ve also reviewed some telly: a great documentary on Merle Haggard. PS I’m now on Twitter. I've been off...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: All the News That Fits
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010. All the News That Fits. Much to catch up on. First, reviews in. Of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan’s latest opus,. There's also a meaty feature in the latest issue about Paul Simon’s. It isn’t online but is in stores NOW. As is my meeting with venerable thesp (and wearer of dangerously tight shirts) Simon Callow, which appears in the new issue of. Alongside my chats with the likes of Cerys Matthews, Cathal Coughlan and Ride's Mark Gardener. A highly enjoyable pop. Subscribe t...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: January 2010
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010. Once Upon A Time A Song. I’ve started a new blog, over at: http:/ onceuponatimeasong.blogspot.com/. The first few entires are now up, and I’ll be adding to them regularly. Please go over and have a look and leave a comment. I think it's going to be fascinating. In Sunday’s last ever – boo hoo – issue of Observer Music Monthly, I reviewed. Over at The ArtsDesk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Regular contributor to the. My work has also appeared in. Omnibus,...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: September 2010
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010. All the News That Fits. Much to catch up on. First, reviews in. Of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan’s latest opus,. There's also a meaty feature in the latest issue about Paul Simon’s. It isn’t online but is in stores NOW. As is my meeting with venerable thesp (and wearer of dangerously tight shirts) Simon Callow, which appears in the new issue of. Alongside my chats with the likes of Cerys Matthews, Cathal Coughlan and Ride's Mark Gardener. A highly enjoyable pop. The Observe...
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I Shot A Man In Reno: July 2010
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Friday, 9 July 2010. 8220;Initially you could sense that it would be more convenient for other people if I were to continue to collaborate with Tricky,” she says. “‘That works, why change it? 8217; I try to gravitate to people who are less fearful than that and will get behind you. You have to keep a strong mind and not be limited by other people’s bullshit and perceptions. No one can know your potential until you show them.”. With Martina Topley-Bird, who is back with an utterly beguiling new album.
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