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Tag Archives: music
End of the Road 2025
My eighth End of the Road festival since 2016. As ever you look at the line up beforehand and think, a lot of the time, who are all these bands? Then you listen to the excellent EOTR playlist on Spotify … Continue reading
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Latitude Festival 2025
Latitude’s 19th festival and my 13th. There was quite a group of us, though I’m not sure there was a time when we all got together. As ever I went up to Henham Park in Suffolk with my friend Jon, … Continue reading
My favourite live music in 2024
I’d been thinking that I hadn’t been to as many concerts as usual this year. So, on a train journey recently I counted them up and found there were 40, not counting festivals. Not exactly a fallow year! And I’ve … Continue reading
My Top Twenty Albums of 2024
With each passing year I find myself listening more to sounds of the past. That’s such a cliché, isn’t it? But it’s undeniable. I listened to new music in bursts, and picked up on individual tracks through 6 Music (primarily … Continue reading
End of the Road 2024
Richard Hawley, headlining the Garden Stage at EOTR on Saturday night, declared his love for the festival. He comes every year with his kids. What he loved about it, he said, is that “There’s no bullshit.” I know what he … Continue reading
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Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Stadium, 25 July 2024
Another year, another Bruce Springsteen concert. Last year it was at Hyde Park. I enjoyed it very much – the song selection was great – but we were standing in a field watching the nearby big screen. The concert could … Continue reading
Latitude 2024
Hello again. The return of thoughtsfromwestfive from its sabbatical. Over the past seven months I’ve been focusing on writing the third novel in my HOPE Trilogy. It’s called Different Days and is about HOPE in government. And, of course, it’s … Continue reading
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My Top Ten Albums of 2023 – and a few more
It’s been an unusual year for my music this year, as it has been dominated by two, maybe three bands. They are Wednesday, the Murder Capital and Jockstrap. The first two have had new albums out this year, which top … Continue reading
Music Roundup 06: 6 to 20 November 2023
The acts which feature in this roundup are Wednesday, The Murder Capital, Sleater Kinney, Bill Orcutt, Teenage Fanclub, Bdrrrm and The Joy Hotel. A bumper month of concerts this November, after a relatively quiet October. November is often quite busy because … Continue reading
Music Roundup 05: 6 October to 19 October 2023
The acts which feature in this roundup are Gengahr, Black Country New Road, Honeyblood and Taylor Swift. No concerts for a month after End of the Road, but a great holiday in Zakynthos (Greek island in the Ionian Sea), some … Continue reading
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