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About GrahamBollands
Proud dad of Jess, Harry and Lucie. Was a headteacher for 17 years and now pleased to share my experiences working as a university tutor training the next generation of primary teachers. Now living the dream in North Devon, doing up a barn, growing vegetables, walking the coastpath, volunteering on a farm alongside young adults with learning difficulties, presenting a weekly radio show, singing in a choir, and whenever possible, listening to great music and going to gigs.
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Album Reviews

The Teskey Brothers “The Winding Way”

June 27, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
A great album full of soul, warmth and character and songs about moving on, love and life changes. This is The Teskey Brothers’ third album, following on from 2017’s ‘Half Mile Harvest‘ and 2019’s ‘Run Home […]
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Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets “Half Past Never”

June 19, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
Immediately catchy melodies and soaring choruses reflect influences such as Tom Petty and The Replacements. Kevin Bowe is quite possibly a new name to many, but you may well have come across him before without knowing, […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Danny George Wilson songs

June 8, 2023 GrahamBollands 3
Danny George Wilson needs absolutely no introduction. Whether you’ve been on the journey with him since the late 90s when Grand Drive were formed, are familiar with the wonderful ‘The Famous Mad Mile’ solo album release […]
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Bruce Cockburn “O Sun O Moon”

May 25, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
Album number 38, and twelve new songs as powerful as anything he has ever written. Bruce Cockburn is an inspired singer-songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, and on ‘O Sun O Moon‘, his 38th studio album, this […]
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B.C. Camplight “The Last Rotation Of Earth”

May 10, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
A tremendously interesting album from a hugely intriguing artist who draws inspiration from emotional trauma. Brian Christinzio, ‘BC Camplight’, is a New Jersey-born musician who reached an incredibly low ebb and relocated to the UK over […]

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