You might have seen Gabrielle recently on the popular TV programme The Masked Singer. A new album and tour is planned too. I spoke to the singer about the new album and tour. Your new album “Do it Again” is released in March, what can we expect? The album…

Armando Anthony 'Chick' Corea, a giant of Jazz, passed away on February 9th, aged 79, suffering from a rare form of cancer, only recently discovered. Few jazz pianists or, indeed, jazz musicians ever played - or created - a broader style of music, albeit distinctively with a…

With every award season comes new controversy. It seems inevitable that Hollywood will never quite shake its own prejudices, and – after a year like no other – the 2021 Golden Globe nominations have once again exposed a side of the film industry that is discriminatory. It is not a stretch…

Sheffield musician Ed Cosens has released the video for new single ‘Lovers Blues’. The video was filmed at The Leadmill, one of Sheffield’s legendary Grassroots Music Venues that was recently saved from closure with help from Music Venue Trust’s #saveourvenues campaign. ‘Lovers Blues’ is the fourth single taken from Ed’s…

At the start of 1981, Ultravox were laying their claim to be one of the defining acts of the 80s following the global success of hit ‘Vienna’. Heading back into the studio the same year invigorated, they recorded their second album with Ure as frontman, Rage in Eden, which hit…

Over the Valentine’s Day period, Music Venue Trust (the charity that represents hundreds of Grassroots Music Venues in the UK) wants to hear your venue love stories. Did you meet your partner at a gig? Did you fall head over heels for your favourite band in a Grassroots Music Venue?…

Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, Bowling For Soup have sadly taken the necessary decision to reschedule their Surf The UK tour. Originally scheduled to take place in May this year, Jaret, Gary, Rob and Chris will instead be returning to the UK to play seaside towns across the…

Harlequin proved to be hugely popular with audiences during the current season of ‘The Masked Singer’. Ever since Gabrielle debuted with her take on Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’, she demonstrated a vocal talent which naturally demonstrated passion and poise, masterly control and an abundance of character. While some guessed that the artist…

Rousing myself from slumber, I often attempt to connect the diaphanous, multifarious strands of a recent dream, its plot and events an indistinct byzantine blurring of impressionistic feelings and thoughts. Certain details emerge from the cognitive fog, others remain subsumed beneath dense banks of cumulonimbus-like ignorance, assumption and self-edited omission.…

Thunder have announced the rescheduling of their upcoming arena tour to May 2022. The British rock outfit were due to appear at Leeds Arena in May. The band says: "The following is probably not going to be a huge surprise to you. "Nevertheless, we're very disappointed to announce that in light of the…

If you haven’t at least heard of Bridgerton yet, then where have you been hiding? It’s the regency period drama that has viewers around the world completely obsessed with suitors and gossip and the admittedly very attractive Regé-Jean Page. When this first popped up in my Netflix recommendations I’ll admit…

Hulme Five – August 1969 2 The Irish Club Porter black as a curate’s cassock topped With a head of creamy, soft Croagh Patrick clouds; Smoke and laughter spool the room While in the corner, calling the tune, Are piper, fiddle and squeeze box. Then a waltz is crooned and the dark night is Set back and tinkers…

Valentine’s Day can be a mixed bag. For some, an excuse to act out their wildest romantic fantasies in the name of love; for others, an excuse to rail against crass sentimentality. For another group it’s an excuse to curate – for your friends, your lover(s), your family, or most…

Genesis, who are among the biggest selling recording artists of all time and one of Britain's most internationally renowned bands, have re-scheduled their The Last Domino? tour of the UK and Ireland to start in September 2021. The Last Domino? tour 2021 will now start in Dublin on Wednesday 15 September…