May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
On the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ first UK Number 1 charting album, Sparkle In The Rain, being released. I felt it was probably time I should reveal some details on ‘The Project’ I have been alluding to over recent weeks. I have been quiet about it until now for fear I would put the…
This is the kind of content that was needed for Everything Is Possible. Just so, maybe, it felt a little less Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill centric. I still naively want to believe that when they started out, they were a creative unit, rather than Batman and Robin and whoever else they thought fitted in…
And so, the first gig of the ‘Global’ tour is under their belts. The atmosphere looked good. The weather, despite the image shared by Jim that Del Boy had taken from the stage may have shown overcast condition and a bit of moisture was hardly conducive to the absolute dumping that I experienced at Blenheim…
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I have been having some strange dreams of late. A few nights back I had a dream that I was with a friend. This friend I have never met in person and, of course, it was the music of Simple Minds that brought us together. I really admire this person greatly. She has such self-belief…
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It is heavenly birthdays for both: One) for the man who probably was only ever overshadowed by some Glaswegian frontman or other for my musical affections (for many a year) – Mr David Robert Jones. He’d have been 77 today. Two) for Mr Elvis Aaron Presley who would have been turning 99 today had he…
New to the “Jim Kerr Theatrical Ensemble” is new keyboardist Erik Ljunggren. Officially announced on SMHQ social media last week, after much churning of the rumour mill about Berenice Scott and the “is she out, is she still in” conjecture amongst the fanbase. There really is a small cognoscenti that always seems to be privy…
Here is the full broadcast from BBC Radio 4 of Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison, originally aired on 16 December 2023.
Hamish Hawk: Again, it really is of little surprise that Hamish is here on this list as well. He is the artist I saw live the most number of times this year, having ventured to six live events involving him and/or his band. First was on 16 February – my first time seeing him as…
Again, it will be of no surprise to anyone to see Hamish Hawk’s Angel Numbers in my Top 5 Albums of 2023. It was by far my most played album of the year. Both it and Hamish’s previous album, Heavy Elevator, have been on pretty solid rotation all through 2023. The penmanship in his songwriting…