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The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.
Rather gear collection of punky outsider artists’ BBC work recorded between 1978 and 1980.
West London flâneur BAXTER DURY has spent over 20 years grappling with the influence of his Blockhead father Ian. Now, as success brings him back to his father’s old stamping ground, has he finally come to terms with his chaotic boho upbringing? “I’m a mockney nepo Jane Austen in a male form,” he convinces VICTORIA SEGAL.
Forty years ago this September, Kate Bush released Hounds Of Love . Her fifth studio record reinstated her position as one of the most innovative and creative artists of all time and yielded the (future) chart-topper Running Up That Hill . But its creation wasn’t always smooth. Here’s the story behind one of Bush’s best-loved albums.
Strawbs lodestar and constant Dave Cousins left us on July 13.
WHILE MOST DUAL-GUITAR bands tend to have designated roles in terms of what kind of sonic space their members occupy, Momma six-stringers Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten enjoy being unrestricted,