Eighties band Blue Zoo got back together in 2010 with ‘unfinished business’ as far as their old material was concerned. Now the band are shaking off the past and moving forward with new material set for imminent release plus live dates on the calendar. The band still comprises front man Andy O, with drummer Mickey Sparrow and bass player Mike Ansell. In 2013…
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One Haçienda devotee and DJ loved the place so much, he bought the flat where the famous Manchester club’s DJ booth was. The film Do You Own the Dancefloor? went on release in June 2015. It’s an affectionate, sometimes hilarious, and decidedly good-natured account of the sell-off of fixtures and fittings from The Haçienda, Manchester’s famous…
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A multi-media exhibition which examines a painful part of history, with a soundscape by Steve Lewinson. I talk to the show’s curator, Professor Lynda Nead, about the symbiotic relationship between art and sound.
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Prior to Blue Zoo’s upcoming gig at Nambucca 15th May 2015, I interviewed their front man Andy O.
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Steampunk bands, cabaret artists, Electroswing and Goth DJs: put them all together for DecoDanse this June
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Interview: August 7 2014. It hardly needs to be said that I’m a big fan of The Bedroom Hour. I managed to catch up with their singer Stuart Drummond as he was rushing down to the studio one evening. He and the band are very busy at the moment with debut album Hinterland deservedly getting a great reception, a summer…
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Nigel Flood is a lifelong Northern Soul and reggae devotee. I spoke to him about the burgeoning soul scene in the north. For 20 years he has joined in to DJ at all-dayers and all-nighters, and has Dj’d for Paul Weller. Northern pride. Love of soul. The movement named by Dave Godin, owner of a…
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