Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 143 “Grrrrrrr”
Every week I put together the playlist for the radio show it is a deliberate mix of brand new stuff (to demonstrate how of the moment I am), obscure stuff (to demonstrate how gnomic and out […]
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Columns
Clint West’s Americana Plus: The 1970’s – Heaven or Hell?
There was a time not so long ago where, on a fairly regular basis, the Tories would issue dire warnings that Labour would “take Britain back to the 1970s”. You don’t hear that so much now […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 142 – “Another one gone…”: Remembering Steve Albini
The news this week that Steve Albini had passed away at the tender age of 61 was both shocking and very sad and rightfully his work has been celebrated as a consequence. Radio has been full […]
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Clint West’s Americana Plus: A new regular AUK column
Should we keep all our old records, CDs, books etc? Welcome to my new weekly column where I’ll be ruminating on all things americana and anything else that happens to enter my head each week. I’ll […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 141 – Travel broadens the mind …and the record collection
Last week saw me undertaking a tour of the Somme battlefield. It’s always a humbling and often upsetting trip but I get a good deal of satisfaction taking people round these sites and helping them understand […]