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Tag Archives: Paul Young
Gig review: REWIND SCOTLAND – Scone Palace, Perth, 20 – 21 July 2019

I am sure every generation will lay claim to having all the best music. The music being played on TV and radio during your formative years is what you absorbed and, by default, sticks with you through life. For me and … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th July 2019, 21st July 2019, 80's pop, Abba, Belinda Carlisle, Big Country, Bjorn Again, Blackbox, Brian Ferry, Dire Straits, Eddi Reader, festival, Foreigner, Hazel O'Connor, Hipsway, Joyce Sims, Leo Sayer, Lisa Stansfield, Lulu, Midge Ure, music, Paul Young, Perth, Rewind, rock, Roxy Music, Scone Palace, Scotland, The Primitives, The Skids, The Stranglers, The Undertones, ULTRAVOX
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Album review: LOS PACAMINOS – Viva!

Recado Records [Release date 02.11.18] To describe Los Pacaminos as Paul Young’s band is slightly misleading, although he assembled the seven piece Tex Mex outfit back in 1992, the bands members are each of a high calibre and indeed highly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Difford, country, Jamie Moses, live, Los Pacaminos, Paul Young, Queen, review, rock 'n' roll, Squeeze, Tex Mex, Viva!
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Album review: TOM TOOMEY – Turquoise

Pete Feenstra chatted to Tom Toomey in his Feature show broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 25 February 2018, including tracks from ‘Turquoise’. Giant Records [Release date 06.01.18] Tom Toomey is best known as the guitarist with The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Colin Blunstone, David Bowie, Flora Purim, Frank Zappa, fusion, guitar, interview, John Devine, Jon Anderson, Latino, Mark Knopfler, Melissa Kaplan, Pat Metheny, Paul Young, pop, review, rock, soul, Steely Dan, The Zombies, Tom Toomey, Turquoise, William Purefoy, world music
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Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017

What are we to make of this Mike + The Mechanics album launch party on the back of a nearly completed UK tour and a recent high profile Royal Albert Hall date? The answer is probably that the band wish … Continue reading
Album review: LOS PACAMINOS – Reissues

LOS PACAMINOS A Fistful Of Statins/The Early Years Recdo Records [Release date 06.05.16] Los Pacaminos I remember seeing live a few years ago at the Borderline and they played an enjoyable, high energy show. The band play a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fistful Of Statins, album, Jamie Moses, live, Los Pacaminos, Paul Young, review, Ry Cooder, Tex Mex, The Early Years
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Album review: Access All Areas – HATFIELD AND THE NORTH, SAD CAFE, RICK WAKEMAN

Edsel [Release date 30.03.15] ‘Access All Areas’ is a new series from Edsel culled from the 1980 ‘Rockstage’ and 1990s ‘Bedrock’ Central TV series. Although many of these live sets have appeared previously, it takes Edsel to produce the definitive … Continue reading