May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Let me start by saying this post has already caused a dilemma for me with the two blogs and as to where I should place this. Posts will have to come down to meeting certain criteria as to where they get posted. This one ticked the first box, a simple “Is this post related to…
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As you might have been able to tell from a few of the new Christmas themed banners that have appeared on the blog, I am trying to give it a bit of a spruce and a rejig. It’s going to be the slow end of the year. Jim’s gone quiet now. There’s been time for…
Apart from one addition in Ms Sarah Brown showing as a solo artist! All the usual suspect otherwise, with possibly even more Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music than the previous couple of years. But the Minds and Bowie will ALWAYS be top! Forever. New songs making an appearance for SM. I think this may be…
I think I’ve come to understand one of the main reasons why I love Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call so much. Firstly, musically, it just progresses so beautifully. There is that undercurrent connective theme of travel, linked by the musical stamps of Derek Forbes’s fabulous bass lines, Mick MacNeil’s synth riffs and melodies and those…
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Monday started REAL early. My Easyjet flight to Luton was departing at 9.50am and they were recommending arrival to the airport two hours before departure time. I set my alarm for 4.50am so I could get the 6.45am train to Queen Street. I was awake at 3.30am! Not only that, I had (excuse the graphic…
Today the official David Bowie social media said that the Jean Genie is 50 years old today. And tomorrow, the band who named themselves after a line from the song “He’s so simple-minded he can’t drive his module” (aka Simple Minds) will be 45 years old! Happy Anniversary to two of the best things in…
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A new Art & Talk special. Yes, it has taken me a few days to get to it but I did finally listen to it last night. And what a wonderful mixed bag it is. I had prepared myself for Jim’s ‘lazy crooning’ stuff that he did in the mid nineties – a style of…
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Jim talks to Arroe Collins about the new album, Direction Of The Heart. Click to read more and listen to the interview…
I love a podcast and recently I have been going through quite a heavy spell of podcast listening. There are some long regulars like The Archers – I know! Had you told me when I first moved to the UK and learned about The Archers that I’d start listening to it several years later and…
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Sarah Brown has a new single out from her superb ‘….Sings Mahalia Jackson’ album. The track is called Didn’t It Rain and it is my favourite track off the album. Next Monday I fly down to London to see Sarah play the iconic jazz venue in Soho, Ronnie Scott’s. The gig is a sellout and…