May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This year feels like it has been a long one. I started university back in January and I am now working through the second module of my DipHE English. There was excitement at the start of the year with some Simple Minds related releases happening. The first being from the band themselves with the release…
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Woohoo! Looky what’s on Spotify!
Oh, I am excited! Michael Rother has new material out. Loving the vibe from lead single Bitter Tang. The album is released tomorrow. Hopefully to sample on Spotify. Fingers crossed!
I really, really wanted to get to this gig, but money was far too tight. It sounded very good. Perhaps if I am very, very lucky, I may get to see him in Glasgow in September. Fingers crossed! (P.S. Good to see someone use the word “myriad” with grammatical precision.)
A great and rather open interview with Michael Rother in Uncut magazine, exploring his music career, focusing on his time working with Klaus Dinger on Neu! – a rather fractious and strained musical partnership by Rother’s own account, moving on to Harmonia and finally working solo. It has given me more musical off shoots to…