Ever wondered where bands find the inspiration for their names? I stumbled across a site which detailed the origin of band names and found these: ’90’s band Gin Blossoms name derived from late 1800’s “slang for the burst capillaries on the face from drinking for many years (WC Fields nose) – gin was a popular…
I caught up with The Levellers Mark Chadwick to ask him some questions prior to his gig at Scream Studios, Croydon. 1. As a struggling musician you did a bit of busking, how did you find it? Playing on the street can be great, all the practice and hopefully earning a bit of cash, but…
I have been keeping myself busy whilst on maternity leave and one of the exciting things I have been doing is creating my own radio show which i have lovingly called Croydon Rocks! It is an exploration of Croydon’s rich musical tapestry with snippets of Croydon’s musical history and interviews with bands, musicians, promoters, venues…
Yesterday we saw history made with Crystal Palace taking home the FA Cup. For some people it’s just another football match. For others, football is corporate bullshit – a huge game with multi-millions thrown into it that’s distracted from the grass roots working class origin of the game. A friend commented on my emotional reaction…
Monday 16th May 2016 was the 50th Anniversary of Pet Sounds, an album most people aged 35 upwards have in their music library. It has touched the lives of generations, it is critically rated by many of the great musicians and is often cited as being one of the best albums of all time (it’s actually Rolling…
A month or so ago I had the pleasure of bumping into Mr Francis Rossi of Status Quo and he was kind enough to help us promote Purley Festival by giving me an interview. I transcribed part of the interview for the Croydon Advertiser. You can listen to the podcast here.
A month ago we took a leap into the unknown (at least since our 20s). We decided to get rid of our Virgin box and relinquish ourselves from the millstone around our neck commonly know as ‘The Television’. Since its invention in the 1950’s, the television has become a staple in our daily lives, used…
We don’t usually celebrate Valentine’s Day but this year we decided to push the boat out and head up town, inevitably we ended up on a massive pub crawl but we found some real gems that I thought I should share. The first is The Angel in St Giles High St, spitting distance from Denmark…
Joan Armatrading, MBE and more importantly – according to her – (BA Hons) has won the coveted Ivor Novello Award, been nominated three times for a Grammy and twice for a Brit, written over 20 albums, has a plethora of gold, platinum and silver discs, been honoured by the Queen, sung for Nelson Mandela and…
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