- 25 October 2025
Well, what has Oscar Wilde got to do with early music? It’s complicated but it...
- 23 October 2025
Viols of all sizes were very popular in Tudor and Stuart Britain but they fell...
- 22 October 2025
Craig Jordan-Baker discusses his new book Brick Dust, exploring themes of family, hoarding, and the...
- 20 October 2025
Isn’t it rather naughty to be obsessed with nuns? Well, when their music is so...
- 20 October 2025
There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...
Reviews
The Upbeat Beatles
- 16 July 2012
After a shaky start (clearly a sound-check wasn’t done, it took about 4-5 songs to...
Courtney Pine – ‘Europa’
- 16 July 2012
Although Pine is the focal point (he is after all a big name in contemporary...
Sham 69
- 16 July 2012
With most original punk bands that are still active relegated to playing scruffy pub venues,...