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      • 30 Years Ago!!!
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    • Gigs and Events
      • Festival Gigs: The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican
      • Fairport’s Cropredy Convention: The Official Line Up!
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    • Music News
      • 2018 – The Year In Review
      • The Jezzie Award
      • The Tarka Blowpig Music Show on Radio Bicester
      • New Music from Pat Brosnan
      • Press Release: The Tarka Blowpig Music Hour on Radio Bicester
      • New Music and Album Release: Courtney Barnett
      • New Music from Starsailor’s James Walsh
      • New Music Review: Massif by Late Night Picture
      • Tom Waits: The Greatest Entertainer on Planet Earth
      • New music from Taureg Blues guitarist Bombino
    • Obituries
      • Peter Green: 29th October 1946 – 25th July 2020
      • Ginger Baker: 19th August 1939 – 6th October 2019
      • Ranking Roger: 21st February 1963 – 26th March 2019
      • Scott Walker: 9th January 1943 to 25th March 2019
      • Keith Flint: 17th September 1969 to 4th March 2019
      • Monserrat Caballe: 12th April 1933 to 6th October 2018
      • Chas Hodges: 28th December 1943 to 22nd September 2018
      • Maartin Allcock: 5th January 1957 – 16th September 2018
      • Aretha Franklin: 25th March 1942 – 16th August 2018
      • Danny Kirwan: 13 May 1950 – 08 June 2018
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
      • Book Review: Roots, Radicals and Rockers – Billy Bragg
      • Book Review: Zealot in Wonderland – Gary Davidson
    • Film Reviews
      • Film Review: A Year In The Life of Merry Hell
      • Film Review: Yesterday
      • Film Review: The Dirt
      • Film Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
    • Live Music
      • Gig Review: Doonifest – Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October, 2019 – The Old School House, Barnsley
      • Gig Review: Richard Thompson’s 70th Birthday at The Royal Albert Hall – Monday 30th September 2019
      • Gig Review: James Walsh – Actress & Bishop, Birmingham. Wednesday 15th May, 2019
      • Tiger On The Bridge – James Walsh
      • Gig Review: James – Victoria Hall, Stoke on Trent. Friday 15th March 2019
      • Gig Review: The Richard Thompson Electric Trio – Oxford New Theatre Sunday 28th October 2018
      • Gig Review: Scott Doonican One Man Show – The Green Man, Long Itchington
      • Gig Review: Fish – Leamington Assembly Monday 24th September 2018
      • Gig Review: The Autumn Saints – Oxford 02 Academy Thursday 6th September
      • Gig Review: John Grant – Bangor Open House Festival Sunday 19th August 2018
      • Festival Review: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2018 – 9th to 11th August
      • Gig Review: Foo Fighters – London Stadium – Friday 22nd June 2018
      • Theatre Review: Beautiful The Carole King Musical
    • 2021 Album Reviews
      • Album Review: Small Illusions – James Walsh
      • Album Review: A Common Turn – Anna B.Savage
    • 2020 Album Reviews
      • Album Review: Emergency Lullabies – Merry Hell
      • Album Review: No Place Like Tomorrow – Virginia Kettle
      • Album Review: Shuffle And Go – Fairport Convention
      • Album Review: Old Wow – Sam Lee
    • 2019 Album Reviews
      • Album Review: The Fierce And The Dead Live USA 17
      • Album Review: Place of Spades – The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican
      • Album Review: Small World Turning – Thea Gilmore
      • Album Review: Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) – Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real
        • Peter Green: 29th October 1946 – 25th July 2020
      • Album Review: Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen
      • Album Review: Further – Richard Hawley
      • Album Review: Tiger On The Bridge – James Walsh
      • Album Review: Gypsy Blood – Tamsin Quin
      • Album Review: Meet Your Maker – Club Kuru
      • Album Review: Renaissance Men – The Wildhearts
      • Album Review: Bigger Than Words – Steve Hewitt
      • Album Review: Collide – Tom Speight
      • Album Review: Gaslight Roses – FineLines
      • Album Review: Hollow Bone – Kathryn Tickell and the Darkening
      • Album Review: What A Time To Be Alive – Tom Walker
      • Album Review: Stand Up! Sit Down! – Dave Pegg & Anthony John Clarke
      • Album Review: Merrie Land – The Good, The Bad And The Queen
      • Album Review: Foreign Land – The Far Meadow
      • Album Review: Nocebo – The Dave Foster Band
      • Album Review: Down The Road Wherever – Mark Knopfler
      • Album Review: The Big Bad Blues – Billy F.Gibbons
    • 2018 Album Reviews
      • Album Review: Gods Favourite Customer – Father John Misty
      • Album Review: Living In Extraordinary Times – James
      • Album Review: Endless Light – Charlotte Campbell
      • Album Review: Anthems To The Wind – Merry Hell
      • Album Review: Anthem of the Peaceful Army – Greta Van Fleet
      • Album Review: Internal Landscapes 2008 – 2018 – Anathema
      • Album Review: Love Is Magic – John Grant
      • Album Review: Cool Like You – Blossoms
      • Album Review: Runaway – Passenger
      • EP Review: A Parley With Angels – Fish
      • Album Review: Egypt Station – Paul McCartney
      • Album Review: 13 Rivers – Richard Thompson
      • Album Review: Resplendent Verge – Worthless Son-In-Laws
      • Album Review: Spirit Of Minnie – Will Varley
      • Album Review: Sails – The Travelling Band
      • Album Review: Kingcrow – The Persistence
      • Album Review: Robert Berry and Keith Emerson – 3.2 – The Rules Have Changed
      • Album Review: Hotel Connemara – Duff Paddy
      • Album Review: From Worry To Shame – Head With Wings
      • Album Review: Old Town E.P. – Evenflow
      • Album Review: Let The Fire Run Wild – Pat Brosnan
      • Album Review: Mint – Orion’s Belte
      • Album Review: Party Animals – Bikini Death Race
      • Album Review: The Future In Reverse – Starfish64
      • Album Review: Ocean Machine – Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv – The Devin Townsend Project
      • Album Review: Cargo (OST) – Thorsten Quaeschning
      • Album Review: Suite For Piano And Electronics – Matt Baber
      • Album Review: Live Over Europe – Fates Warning
      • Album Review: Never Too Late – TumbleTown
      • Album Review: Lump – Lump
      • Album Review: The Autumn Saints – The Autumn Saints
      • Album Review: Thermospheric – Obscured by Clouds
      • Album Review: Deran – Bombino
      • Album Review: The Sea Within – The Sea Within
      • Album Review: Tell Me How You Really Feel – Courtney Barnett
      • Album Review: Soyuz – Gazpacho
      • Album Review: Palace Of Varieties – The Pete Watkins Originals
      • Album Review: Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino – Arctic Monkeys
      • Album Review: Temet – Imarhan
      • Album Review: Resistance Is Futile – Manic Street Preachers
      • Album Review: With Sparks Flying – Year Of The Kite
      • Album Review: Quantum Gate/Quantum Key – Tangerine Dream
      • Album Review: F.E.A.R. – Marillion
      • Album Review: Noise Floor – Spock’s Beard
      • Album Review: Antologia Electrica – Tyro
      • Album Review: Staying at Tamara’s – George Ezra
      • Album Review: The Singularity – Reformat
      • Album Review: Close to Vapour – Fractal Mirror
      • Album Review: The Euphoric – The Fierce And The Dead
      • Album Review: How To Solve Our Human Problems – Belle and Sebastian
      • Album Review: Gang Signs and Prayer – Stormzy
      • Album Review: Ruins – First Aid Kit
  • Blog
    • Influential Albums of the 1960’s
    • Long Songs!
    • The Jezzie Award of 2019 – Top 30 Countdown
    • Guest Mixtapes
      • Matt’s Mixtape: Into The Darkness!
      • Roger’s Mixtape: Ten Great Albums
      • Jez’s Mixtape: Ten Albums You Need To Listen To!
      • Mixtape! Contributors Wanted
    • 25 Songs for This Week – A Playlist
    • The 50 Greatest Power Ballads Of All Time
    • Tens!
      • Ten Great Debut Albums
      • Ten Songs About Cricket
      • Ten Great Albums from The Brit Pop Era
      • Ten Songs sort of about Easter
      • Ten Poets in Popular Music
      • Ten Irish Acts for St.Patricks Day
      • Ten Songs about Mothers
      • Ten Movie Themes
      • Ten Songs about Winter
      • Ten Cover Versions
    • Classic Albums
      • Classic Album no.7: The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
      • Classic Album no.6: Pink Moon – Nick Drake
      • Classic Album no.5: Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
      • Classic Album no.4: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Iron Maiden
      • Classic Album no.3: The Joshua Tree – U2
      • Classic Album #2: Moondance – Van Morrison
      • Classic Album no.1: The Kick Inside – Kate Bush
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      • Jez Folks Up – Episode 1 01/04/21
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      • Ep.1: In The Beginning
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      • Episode 2: On The Road
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