I’m a Bruce Springsteen fan, or at least I have been. Hearing him in the mid-1970s was a wonder, and … More
Month: June 2009
Remember him this way
The death of Michael Jackson, the same age as the label, seems emblematic in this year of the 50th anniversary … More
‘Why we fight’
Perhaps to demonstrate that politicians do have a use after all, one of Alan Johnson’s final decisions before being ghosted … More
Jazz drummers
There’s a showbiz joke, probably put about by guitarists, about the groupie who was so dim she went home with … More
Eight horns and a rhythm section
The line-up of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra is: three saxes (two tenor, one alto), two trumpets, a trombone, … More
Mike Westbrook and a suite from an empty room
Back in the days when I had less money than I do now I used to frequent the doubtless long-gone … More
Island in the pink
One of the most amusing moments in Keep On Running, a compelling BBC documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of … More
‘And you can’t speak of Tiananmen’
The 20th anniversary reports of the massacres in Tiananmen Square – complete with a Chinese digital media blackout – reminded … More