Girls’ Generation, also known as SNSD (Sonyeo Sidae – literally Generation of Girls ) , are a South Korean group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece group, Jessica departed from the group in September 2014. One of the […]
Alexandra Whittingham – Guitar
Yesterday Gerry Cooper showed us how to play blues guitar, today we have some guitar playing of a different order. When I was about 16 I began to learn to play the spanish guitar. I still have trhe guitar and yet still connot play it – such is life. Fear not – today we hear […]
Gerry Cooper – Bluesman
I first met Gerry when he came to play at Live @ Costa in May 2017. Since then he has become something of a regular and being local to us when we lived in Wrose, we have also seen him play at a number of other gigs. He was even one of the irregulars who […]
Judy Dyble – Anthology
Judy Dyble was an English singer-songwriter. Her first band was Judy and The Folkmen (which existed between 1964 and 1966). They made homemade demo recordings, none of which were released, but some are included on a mooted anthology of Dyble’s career, (but the release was cancelled when Sanctuary was taken over by Universal.) She then […]
Sonnets
During this period of lockdown a number of famous actors have chosen to read a Shakespearean Sonnet for our delectation. Indeed Sir Patrick Stewart undertook to read all 154 of the sonnets a day at a time. Others have performed them in support of various projects in order to keep the theatre before the public. […]
Sunday – Stormzy
Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. He won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO’s and was named as an […]
Emily Barker – Nostalgia
My discovery of Emily Barker and her music was somewhat labyrinthine. Having developed an interest in Nordic Noire via such series as Borgen, The Bridge and Dicte. I found myself enjoying the Wallander series. When this series was remiade in English with Kenneth Branagh in the title role it was enevitable that I would watch […]
Biig Piig – Roses and Gold
I first heard Biig Piig on BBC Radio 6 one afternoon in the car when there was nothing of interest on Radio 4 Extra. It is a go to option in these circumstances and usually I heard something that I find bears further scrutiny – Biig Piig certainly came into that category. This is the […]
Yé-Yé
Yé-yé was a style of pop music that emerged from Southern Europe in the early 1960s. The term “yé-yé” was derived from the English term “yeah! yeah!”, popularized by British bands such as the Beatles. The style expanded worldwide as the result of the success of figures such as French singer-songwriters Sylvie Vartan, Serge Gainsbourg […]
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing protest songs against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father Woody Guthrie. He appeared at Woodstock and ‘Coming Into Los Angeles’ was one of the numbers in his set. Guthrie’s best-known work is his debut piece, “Alice’s […]