Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 91
Thank God for Easter ( works on several levels..)! Creaking my way towards the end of term has been a mixed blessing tinted with a touch of melancholia as I grasp the fact that several of […]
Articles by Keith Hargreaves
Features
The First Time: Keith Hargreaves – The Specials, Madness etc. Camden Electric Ballroom – 21st July 1979
I was fifteen. I knew nothing… at all. Desperate to attend a gig in London my mate Maz persuaded his sister who lived in a commune in Kings Cross to get some tickets. Maz was a […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 90
Damn the fragility of the body. The spirit is certainly willing but …f**k, the body isn’t at the moment. After 4 weeks of nursing a back (and boring you dear reader with my moaning), last weekend […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 89
Soft skills for an employable, healthy future This last week has seen the school return (at last) to showcasing its musicians in a formal free-to-enter concert and this time the music was interspersed with dramatic pieces […]
Album Reviews
Doug Paisley “Say What You Like”
A disappointing return for Canadian songwriter on new label. Doug Paisley debuted 15 years ago and seemingly just arrived fully formed as a sure-footed troubadour who could be relied upon to produce heartfelt material shrouded in […]