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Category: Albums

• Albums Antiquity Culture Ecology Gigs History London

  Julian Cope at the Barbican Hall review ****

  Julian Cope Barbican Hall, 8th February 2020 February 21st 1982 if I am to believe t’Internet. Which, given that the source, Setlist.fm, is not associated with the hate and porn that comprises the vast majority of the web, seems reasonable in this case. The sorely missed Hammersmith Palais. The Teardrop…

  May 9, 2020
• Albums Baroque Church Classical Music Concert Culture Early Music Italy London

  English Chamber Orchestra: Vivaldi at Cadogan Hall review ****

  English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of the C21 Cadogan Hall, 2nd December 2018 Raphaela Papadakis (soprano), Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Stephanie Gonley (violin), Caroline Dale (cello), Harry Winstanley (flute), Michael Collins (conductor) Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in D RV 589 Concerto for Violin in F minor, ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons, Op 8…

  December 24, 2018
• Albums Classical Music Concert Culture London

  SCO Winds at Wigmore Hall review ****

  Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists Wigmore Hall, 12th February 2018 Beethoven – Sextet in E flat, Op 71 Poulenc – Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Beethoven – Octet in E flat, Op 103 A rare opportunity for completists to hear performances of Beethoven’s Sextet and Octet written for wind instruments.…

  February 24, 2018
• Albums Gigs London Pop/Rock/Indie

  The Wedding Present at Cadogan Hall review ****

  The Wedding Present Cadogan Hall, 14th October 2017 Regular readers of this blog (remember chums, the best clubs are exclusive) will be aware that the Tourist doesn’t really do “gigs”. It is all a bit loud for his aged ears. The number of bands/artists he would pay money to see…

  October 20, 2017
• Albums Pop/Rock/Indie

  My top 10 greatest ever albums

  Right. My cursory examination of the world wide web suggests that there are probably more top 10 album lists than there are certain kinds of sub-atomic particles. It seems that any bloke of a certain age, with too much time and access to Amazon and/or I Tunes, will have attempted…

  May 14, 2017