
Today we've got reviews of the latest offerings from Goldfrapp, Badly Drawn Boy, Richard Hawley and Sheryl Crow. Read on and leave your views...
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I've had another raft of questions about how to deal with the press. Obviously everyone want to maximise coverage for the fantastic things they're up to, so I'm putting together another rough guide with a few pointers in that might help...
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Liverpool rising stars The Wombats have a good chance of scooping a hat trick of gongs at the NME Awards say organisers...
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In today's review section, we have the latest offerings from The Coral, ALONE and The Metros. Read on, and let me know your views...
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An annual package tour of the must sees and might bes, the NME Awards Tour is about as far removed from red carpet glamour as you can get...
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As regular readers will know, I have a bit of a busker obsession. They absolutely make my day when I see them. So, here's two great busking comments.
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In this week's review column we have the latest offerings from The Charlatans, Bryan Adams, The Temptations and .... (deep breath) Katie Melua...
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Fresh from their collaboration with Elvis Costello, Amsterdam are preparing to take on the world with new album Arm in Arm...
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Liverpool’s first international music festival and conference set out its stall to the world this week...
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What a difference a day makes. Forty-five years ago this week four lads in a Liverpool band stood on the edge of greatness.
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This week we have reviews from Liverpool's own Paul Fleming, with his Baltic Fleet project, Gallows, and The Hives...
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WHAT a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago The Wombats were another unsigned band dreaming of bigger things...
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The wonderfully talented Cheapskate has redesigned my blog for me, to feature some of Merseyside's hottest up-and-coming musicians... see who you can name and I might just find you a prize...
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How do you fancy seeing your band alongside The Zutons, The Wombats, Echo and The Bunnymen and OMD in a new exhibition at World Museum Liverpool?
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In today's review column, we have the latest offerings from Jack Savoretti, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Maybes?...
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Ian McNabb has been trailed by a BBC documentary crew for the last few months, and the results are on Inside Out tonight...
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