As the song recalls it is a wonderful town. Been away too long. Such a polyglot and eye popping city. My more unusual takeaways are watching a man cross the road with a cat sat on his hat- Dr Seuss watch out.! The inner sanctum of the Met where the remake of the Crown Affair […]

The Australian Pink Floyd tribute band turned back the years as Wish You Were Here kicked off proceedings painted onto a canvas in front of our eyes at the Ipswich Regent. Very enjoyable – a full house delighted with a rendition of the finest progressive rock music which ebbed and flows like an ocean tide. […]

Outside it is a cold damp winter night. The pink stage clock counts down time until lift off. And bang on time it is Bumble Bee and the Brixton floor pulsates into life. Kasabian is arabic term for butcher (the name also has  modern day associations with Linda Kasabian – and the Charles Manson clan) […]

Shockingly loud from start to finish Linkin Park strode through their repertoire with a defiant magnificence. We had a great view of the spectacle despite the large man in front, who turned out to be a lady wearing a ‘Drop Dead’ T shirt! How the lead singer, Chester Bennington is able to sing a lullaby […]

The Inkerman in Ipswich is certainly an alternative venue straddling the double roundabout at Norwich Road and Chevalier Street. It was empty on Thursday lunchtime when we ventured in. An ‘L ‘shaped room with the bar as the central feature – but cold with all the external rear doors open ! Peggy took our order […]

What an absolute peach of a concert. Steve Hackett and his accomplished musicians were just stunning – there were no cobwebs here, the years spun back – the 1970’s reborn with renditions of a glorious back catalogue – for me, many never heard live before. Favourites – like the Fountain of Salmacis, with a shimmering […]

Unbelievably nearly 30 years since his last big concert appearance  Jeff Lynne appeared on stage fronting The Electric Light Orchestra in Hyde Park to bring Radio 2’s summer concerts to a close. It was as if there had been a time warp, he looked exactly the same with bubbled frizzy hair, dark sunglasses and laconic […]

Just a note to say, what a show stopping performance on Friday night by Arcade Fire at Glastonbury. A brilliant set, combined with outlandish costumes and papier mâché  heads of their own persona was a very clever and fitting finale.   From the archive – February 2014… A Quixotic Masterpiece Arcade Fire – Reflektor. Released […]

I guess it wasn’t meant to happen. Let’s drown our national sorrow in Brazils finest export… the unbridled psychedelic cut and paste avant art protest music car crash of Tropicália. This mind altering mix started life some time ago as a playlist for an old Art School co-pilot in response to a Tjuana Brass laced […]