Category Archives: Music

Faces in the crowd

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WOMAD and visas

This is the flip-side of the immigration debate. No porus borders here. By keeping people out, we risk isolating ourselves from outside influence, and our culture is all the poorer for it. Continue reading

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FOUND launch album

My brain is fried by the issues of the day. Thank goodness I’m off to the launch of an album this evening. Continue reading

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The medium of icing

My blog, rendered in cake form. Continue reading

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Oldham meanders around the beat (and indeed the notes) of each song, as if he is experimenting, trying out a new version. Continue reading

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