Specs
Monday, 25 May 2020
Shelf life: more sifting in the Room Into Which You Must Never Look
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I've been fortunate enough to keep working my full-time job from home during the outbreak - so while I'm acutely bereft by the total...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Broadcast news: Wigmore Hall online live ... and beyond
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A really encouraging, uplifting development today, as Wigmore Hall's Director, John Gilhooly, announced a series of lunchtime concerts, ...
Saturday, 9 May 2020
Matt black: Sieben's '20:20 Vision'
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Further reason to hang out the bunting: long-standing Specs favourite Matt Howden - a.k.a. Sieben - has returned with another leftfield, lef...
Friday, 8 May 2020
Down on your lock?
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While still getting my head around what I want to write about and how, during this drought of live events, I've been immersing myself in...
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Tony Allen
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Wakeful, and heard the news about Tony Allen's death. Pioneer of the Afrobeat sound, and surely one of the most joyous, uplifting dru...
Saturday, 18 April 2020
Music in store
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As I type this on 18 April 2020, today would have been Record Store Day - the annual event which sees loads of enthusiasts, collectors, boff...
Saturday, 11 April 2020
Space invasion: the dreaded clearout
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It couldn't be put off any longer. Next year - and I realise, given the extreme abnormality of this year, very little is likely to be ru...
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