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Gigs of the Year

For me, live music is so much more important than recorded music. Yes, there are many albums which I completely fall in love with. But listening to a record doesn’t compare to the feeling of seeing a band live. Music is about … Continue reading

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Festival Review: End of the Road 2011

I had huge expectations for End of the Road festival, the perfect line-up, the non-corporate sensibility, the gorgeous setting, the right sort of crowd, would I be disappointed? No. Its every bit as lovely as expected. For me, End of … Continue reading

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10 Acts to catch at End Of The Road Festival 2011

This year will be my first End of the Road. Every year it boasts a wonderful line-up and every year I afterwards get told how wonderful it is as a festival, well this year I decided it was a must. … Continue reading

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We Write Lists

We Write Lists is another blog which was chosen to be a Glastonbury Emerging Talent judge. Its a wonderful blog, they write lots of lists, mostly 6 albums with lots of good bands. They asked me to write a guest … Continue reading

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Albums of the Year: No. 1-10

So here we are, No.1 and I have added the rest of the list to remind you of my full top 10. 1. Laura Marling- I Speak Because I Can It had to be didn’t it? This album is stunning, … Continue reading

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Albums of the Year: No. 7-5

Now for the next instalment of my albums of the year. You can read part 1 here. 7. Joanna Newsom- Have One On Me Joanna Newsom is perfect, as is this album. For me, nothing can beat her debut ‘The … Continue reading

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Swansea

Listen. That is all.

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Lissie and Joanna Newsom

These are my two new obsessions… Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) also does a wonderful cover of that Joanna Newsom song

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New Music 2

I did a post like this a week or so ago. This is just a few songs which are new to me that I have liked listening to recently. The first is Joanna Newsom, who  have never really taken too … Continue reading

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