Buzzin Music

Following RockNess in Scotland at the beginning of June, the Isle Of Wight music festival was the first major music festival in England this summer, so it was with some excitement that I filled the fridge with beer and got myself ready to watch the festival highlights from the comfort of my living room.
In April [...]

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Probably the best music show currently on UK tv is Jools Holland Later …
Yes, I know it is annoying when Jools Holland has to play piano with as many of the artists as possible, and as my good friend (name dropping) and exceptionally talented hammond organ player James Taylor once said he’s only famous for [...]

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Last night I watched an excellent programme on BBC4 – Pop! What is it good for? produced & presented by Paul Morley. In the hour long programme, Morley nominated six of his favourite  pop songs & then visited places associated with the song & met with various people to deconstruct lyrics, discuss the song’s personal [...]

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Having been invited to guest edit the Radio 4 Today programme recently,  Damon Albarn cited the instant celebrity culture of tv shows such as X Factor as the source of society’s ills.
“You have to get rid of things like the X Factor immediately” said Albarn, “It sends out all the wrong messages”. He believes that [...]

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For those of you with Sky cable TV, there is a stripped down no nonsense music show called Centre Stage on the Sky Arts Channel (253).
Centre Stage started on 1 December with From The Basement, a brand new groundbreaking music series with intimate live performances, allowing the artists to really take centre stage. The first [...]

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