Specs

Isn't it great when an experience - concert, play, film, exhibition, you name it - takes you completely by surprise and blows you away? ...

This post first appeared on Frances Wilson's excellent blog 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'. For a variety of features that - alongsid...

Since I last posted, there have been a few sticky moments on 'classical music' social media between critics, composers and performer...

I confess I'm a little shame-faced while writing this post. Regular readers (thank you, darlings, thank you) will know that, given the ...

I'm currently experiencing one of my wakeful, post-gig highs, sitting up typing, some time after getting back from what I think was prob...

In my Facebook feed a couple of weeks back: "The challenge - post the covers of 10 albums (one a day) that are among your favourites. N...

It's hard to overstate what Kate Bush's music means to me - she is definitely one of my 'touchstone' artists, one of the ch...