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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Nore Davis: LIVE From The Comedy Trap House

Nore Davis LIVE From The Comedy Trap House Blonde Medicine, LLC Nore Davis is a stand-up and sketch comic – you might have seen him on Amy Schumer’s show for instance. And he has a couple of comedy albums under his belt already. This latest is an interesting one – as much for the medium […]

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June 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

IT’S BEHIND YOU: Theatre

IT’S BEHIND YOU! (Livestream Recording) Direction: Hannah Smith (written by Ralph McCubbin Howell and Anya Tate-Manning) Livestream via Circa Theatre, TACT and Trick of the Light Theatre (May 28 – July 30) In its first post-Covid production for a post-Lockdown world Circa Theatre commissioned a new work (with support from TACT) called IT’S BEHIND YOU!

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March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 154

Commodores, Commodores (1977) Not their debut, in fact it arrives right smack bang in the middle of their meteoric chart run as commercial radio funk kings of the 1970s. Oh how I love the Commodores – and this, their fifth studio album has some of their mega-hits (Brick House), best ballads (Easy) and maybe their […]

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November 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Alone In The Universe

Jeff Lynne’s ELO Alone In The Universe Columbia Nothing has changed. So much so that when the opening track, When I Was A Boy, begins its cautious start, the piano line almost begs you to sing, “Midnight on the water…I saw the ocean’s daughter…” etc… Sure, it now says “Jeff Lynne’s ELO” but Electric Light […]

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August 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1883

Commodores, Live! (1977) You all know that I love Lionel and that I even got to interview him. But for some reason – as far as a lot of people are concerned – it’s fair to love the Commodores but not the solo career of Lionel Richie. And this is just a theory I’ve made […]