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On one level he seems so direct, so simple, so uncomplicatedly appealing. Schubert could turn on heart-lifting melody with the same ease that most of us would turn on a tap. Often he seems happy just

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Although Ronald Binge isn’t a name familiar to many, at least one of his compositions is broadcast on a daily basis. Born in 1910, in Derby, Ronald Binge was the eldest of three children. His father,

When Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies ’ death was announced in September, the prog world mourned the loss of a great talent. We pay tribute to the British-born singer-songwriter by looking back over his remarkable career, which spanned nearly six decades, and place some of his best-loved songs under the microscope.

Lees, Holroyd, Wolstenholme and Pritchard; you might think it sounds like a legal firm in, say, Oldham, Lancashire. And you’d be right about the Oldham part. John Lees (guitar), Les Holroyd (bass), St