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I did the London Skyride yesterday. Days off are rare at the moment; even rarer are those that allow me to simply ride my ancient bicycle with no specific destination in mind.
After lunch near Ma...
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The rough trade counter culture compilation of 2008 is a cassette with a USB stick inside it. I was actually disappointed to see that it wasn't a tape. I used to worship my tape collection, the mixtap...
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I've got that year zero feeling again. A new album is in the can and
I'm at that blissful stage where no one has actually heard the thing
yet and no judgements have been made. If any of you have rea...
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Spotify
I can't work it out. I have been a music consumer my whole life. Obsessed by
it, saved for it, longed for it. Now it appears that feverish collecting is
coming to an end. Spotify even h...
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Here is a list of the albums I loved this year. These are the albums I struggled to take off the record player. These are the albums I put on that on-the-go playlist on my ipod. These are the albums I...
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Here is a list of the albums I loved this year. These are the albums I struggled to take off the record player. These are the albums I put on that on-the-go playlist on my ipod. These are the albums I...
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I taught myself to juggle in the summer of 1992. Another summer holiday in Cornwall that decided to spend half of the time raining. I can still do it now. Not very well mind you, but the basic skill i...
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I taught myself to juggle in the summer of 1992. Another summer holiday in Cornwall that decided to spend half of the time raining. I can still do it now. Not very well mind you, but the basic skill i...
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I've just returned from Paris with a few new gems from my favourite record store "Oldies but Goodies". The above Jimmy Smith classic has been in my Organ Jazz section on CD for many years, but here it...
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I've just returned from Paris with a few new gems from my favourite record store "Oldies but Goodies". The above Jimmy Smith classic has been in my Organ Jazz section on CD for many years, but here it...
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It feels incredibly strange to wake up on a gig morning and not have those usual reflexes to draw upon. I've been out of the game of regular "gigging" for over a year now for some self-imposed re-grou...
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It feels incredibly strange to wake up on a gig morning and not have those usual reflexes to draw upon. I've been out of the game of regular "gigging" for over a year now for some self-imposed re-grou...
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This article was originally published in the Guardian, 5 Sep 2008 The Esbjörn Svensson TrioBeing a jazz lover is a hard way to make friends. I had always been acutely aware of this and had always kept...
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This article was originally published in the Guardian, 5 Sep 2008 The Esbjörn Svensson TrioBeing a jazz lover is a hard way to make friends. I had always been acutely aware of this and had always kept...
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Well here I am chipping away at a new album in the sunshine skirted by unfamiliar surroundings. I've spent most of my recording life thus far enveloped by the safety blanket of my home; a mere 10 minu...
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