Many people did not know what to expect upon the release of Paul McCartney’s eighteenth studio solo album, Egypt Station. However, the former Beatle and Wings star did certainly not disappoint which resulted in him gaining his first US Billboard No.1 chart topper since 1982’s Tug of War. The album is musically adventurous and is […]
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Smoke and Dreams Playback and Q&A The Admiral Bar, Glasgow – Monday 24th September 2018 This was only the second time I’d been to an event like this. A playback of an album and then discussion by the songwriters about the inspiration, mechanisms of writing and finally the making of the album. Add a large
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Fish – Queens Hall, Edinburgh. September 22nd 2018 It is sadly the start of the long goodbye from Fish. 2019 will see him release his 11th and final solo album, Weltschmerz, before setting out to end 4 decades of music with one final tour. Tonight though was a chance to celebrate Fish in a rare
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This is a perfect venue for the Wooden Shjips. The converted church sees them play to a crowd of worshippers and paid up converts to the San Franciscans’ garage neo-psychedelia. Support band, The Lucid Dream, are from Carlisle but their influences nod to sunnier climes and more hedonistic places. They mould baseball bat electro-beats, fuzz-tinged
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