A Different Christmas

A Different Christmas

By Claudia | Specials

It’s the time of the year, where apparently nothing has changed in music for the last 50 years. No matter where you go or what you do these few weeks, you’re being persecuted by ‘Silent Night’, ‘Winter Wonderland’ or ‘The Little Drummer Boy’. Only the interpreters slightly vary here and there. Finally most of the

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Ten Times Top Five with Mirrors

Ten Times Top Five with Mirrors

By Claudia | Interviews, Specials

Bob Geldof once said: “I don’t like mondays.” I totally disagree with that, I love mondays. And especially if it’s a monday like this: today Mirrors release their new single “Hide and Seek” and they’re first to answer the brand new interview category “Ten Times Top Five” which comes to you once a month from

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The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

By Claudia | Reviews

I’m not sure if it’s even possible to write a review that could do justice to The Quiet Lamb. After their debut album The Heritage, the UK based (Leicester, Leeds and York) band Her Name Is Calla recently released their second ‘creation’, after years of planning and recording in several bedrooms, schools and hallways. I

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Marginalised: Songs of Love and Loss

Marginalised: Songs of Love and Loss

By Claudia | Live

When: Sunday 24th October 2010/Doors 7pm Where: Union Chapel Islington How much: £12 Featuring: Emily Barker, Jo Bartlett, Alasdair Roberts, Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards, Cathal Coughlan, Cate Le Bon & Robyn Hitchcock Hosted by: James de Malplaquet (The Miserable Rich) It is surely fair to say that Love is a journey. From the dizzying exhilaration of

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No Generation Gap

No Generation Gap

By Claudia | Reviews

Billy Bragg once said: “Don’t let the pressures get you down, keep singing out, keep singing loud”. Of course these words could have been Billy’s own, but to be precise he said it about two years ago on Sam Duckworth’s  second album “Searching For The Hows And Whys” as an interlude and was just quoting

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