LabelsLast Night From GlasgowandScottish Fictioncollaborated on releasing Annie’s affecting debut album‘An Unforgiving Light‘in late 2017 to much critical acclaim. The rock, folk and pop-inflected record was lauded as Roddy Hart’s Record of Note (BBC Radio Scotland), was featured in Vic Gall...
but also because he is the most important figure within the band, let’s be honest.Andy Kershawcertainly was not entirely wrong when he once said that“Eric Clapton isn’t fit to tune Mbenza’s guitar strings” …
Dare me to air this on Saturday? mp3 : Calvin Harris – Feel So Close He is Scottish…..and a firm favourite of Mrs Villain…..and folk will most likely dance to it. But should I throw it in the mix?? JC No….come back. There’s no need to be scared. Or bemused. I personal...
I never bought a copy of Diana, or indeed any of the singles. But for just £1, I was more than happy to shell out for what the sleeve promised was ‘A Long Playing 12″ Disco Single’. It turns out to have been a misleading sleeve, as the track was identical in length to the...
and were the key musicians in the original studio band, the ‘King Biscuit Entertainers.’ Other musicians who joined the original band were Pinetop Perkins on piano and James Peck Curtis on drums. Williamson left the program in 1947, but returned for a stint in 1965 just prior to his ...
to part with £30. I’ve not got either Jamie Wednesday single on vinyl, and haven’t been tempted to shell out. A mate has both of them on 12″and a few years I borrowed them and it’s from his vinyl that you’re able to have a listen to, and perhaps enjoy, the b-sides:...
(n)VV. Up until a few weeks back, Tuesdays were set aside for posts submitted by SWC until his career opportunities took him off to the deep jungle of Guyana and far removed from the world of nonsencial musings about indie-pop. Someone has come forward and offered to step into the ...
The research can be time consuming and deadly dull given that I’m often just looking to clarify one small point which is often buried away within screeds of stuff that I already knew. Every now and again, I do come across something which gets me mumbling along the lines of ‘I had ...
The MetroGnomes are Pedro, Biscuits, Dave from Edinburgh, The Elusive MR IJ and Frook, with guest appearances from most of the folk they know. Pedro (Peter Burns) – singer, the driving force behind the band, contributed the majority of the songs to the album with other songs coming fro...
His work has also seen him utlise the talents of many pop/rock musicians and vocalists, and it is in this regard that I have one of his works in the collection, a single from 1997 that was bought on a whim:- mp3 : Craig Armstrong featuring Elizabeth Fraser – This Love ...