Tracks
Robyn Hitchcock “The Shuffle Man” – Jump cuts (and cats)
It would be easy to characterize ‘The Shuffle Man‘ as tuneful and catchy insanity – what can one make in a rational world of the opening lyrics “I sit out the window / I sit out […]
Robyn Hitchcock
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember: A triple bill at The Princess Charlotte, Leicester, probably early 1994
My route into americana was through the alternative music scene of the eighties. My first real experiences listening to something which could be called americana was The Mekons’ cover of Hank Williams’ ‘Alone & Forsaken’ on […]
Features
Pick of the Political Pops: Robyn Hitchcock “Television”
Here in Americana-UK Towers we have recently renewed our television licence. It cost us a grand sum of fifty-three quid since The Editor is too tight to let us have a colour TV and we make […]
Political Pops
Pick of the Political Pops: Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians “The President”
So for the past couple of weeks we have been considering notions of ‘democracy’ and in this latest instalment of ‘PPP’ we are going to further postulate on the idea of ‘rule’ (cracy) by the ‘people’ […]
Live Reviews
Robyn Hitchcock + Annie Booth @Celtic Connections, The Drygate, Glasgow, 26th January 2020
There are precious few things better than spending an evening in the company of Robyn Hitchcock and when that evening is being held in a brewery, than, all the better for that. However, this wasn’t a […]