He recorded his debut album in 1978—the year I was born—but my first experience of Prince’s music was the Batman soundtrack, in 1989. Loved that film. Loved the soundtrack, too. I remember listening to it on my Walkman, at the age of 11, staring up at the ceiling and wondering what on earth a “lemon …
Essays & Non-fiction
An Interview with… Richard Thomas
Last year, I wrote a review of Disintegration, a new novel by Richard Thomas. It was dark, gritty and wholly gripping—imagine if Stephen King and Bret Easton Ellis got together to write a revenge story set on the mean streets of Chicago. Tasty, right? A second Windy City Dark Mystery, Breaker, has …
Albums of the Year 2015 – Cherry Adam
To be honest, and despite the fact that there have been some pretty good albums in 2015, my year in music was shaped mostly by playlists from Mixcloud (I even made my own selection, you can hear it here), old stuff, and soundtracks. Besides the time I spend reading books, I like to watch films (a …
Albums of the Year 2015 – A Compendium
It's entirely possible that you've read my posts Albums of the Year Part One and Two and not found anything that resonates. If that's the case, I recommend you read Leon's post immediately. If, after that, you're still looking for acoustic inspiration then here's some fast and furious top fives from …
Albums of the Year 2015 – Leon Carter
Whilst writing my Albums of the Year Parts One and Two I sent out plaintiff messages to my friends to help me out and do the same. They, being the awesome people that they are, responded in the positive... forcing me to then spend weeks chasing them to come through with the goods. But come through …