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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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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xfm advent calendar

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

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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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music response

mary anne hobbs starts music response on xfm tonight - we are redfining radio

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clown time is over

i took a bundle of photos for 80s rewind festival for festival annual 11, commissioned by independents united and have uploaded a dozen here for those of you who remember…

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culture of fear

new thievery corporation album is out today - culture of fear. i love their stuff (i think i have all their albums) so no doubt this will be wonderful too...…

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