culture / Music / scotland

solas festival 2012

i'm heading up to scotland again at the end of june for solas festival which you may remember me blogging and enthusing about last year. the line up is growing.…

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May 28, 2012
Music

a musical interlude…

so what are you listening to that's grabbed you of late? i was rather pleased to find that urban myth club had released a second album i hadn't come across…

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May 24, 2012
Music / poetry

old ideas – melancholy gospel?

leonard cohen's latest album old ideas is quite brilliant. he's widely recognised as a wonderful poet but what immediately grabbed me about the opening song going home following my last…

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February 7, 2012
advent / Music

beer and carols with foy vance

if you want to go to a christmas carol type event in london this one tomorrow promises to be right up there with the best i suspect - with the…

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December 19, 2011
advent / Music

xfm advent calendar

xfm have an advent calendar with something each day - today's track skinny love is beautiful...

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December 8, 2011
Music

discovering music…

i had a few meetings in coffee shops in london on friday (which sadly i don't get as much time to do as i used to). the music in the…

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December 4, 2011