Anyone lucky enough to be 21 or thereabouts in 1979 will remember all the great New Wave hits between 1977 and 1980. One of them was Lucky Number by the inimitable Lene Lovich. She had the voice of an owl locked in a tree, the look of a Dickensian 19th century doll dressed for a banquet […]
There’s been a lot of heartfelt tributes since David Bowie’s unexpected death in January and most recently some high profile performances on the television, initiating mixed reactions to their relevance and quality. In 1980 as Bowie was releasing Scary Monsters, Nina Hagen was appearing on Swedish television with a memorable tribute of her own. It’s unclear […]
Some might say that football and music don’t mix, where I come from in the North West of England growing up around Manchester and Liverpool, it’s ok to be passionate about both. So in the wake of the unbelievable result in tonight’s World Cup semi-final between Germany and Brazil (7-1) I felt we needed to […]