New Theatre, Oxford Thursday, 10 September 2026 I have never considered myself a devoted Yes fan. I play their music when I’m in the mood, but they are not a band I regularly revisit with the same deep craving or…
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Wembley Stadium, London Sunday, 6 September 2026 Forever, Together Early in the set, the show pauses. Jon Bon Jovi spotted someone in the crowd who was clearly unwell and struggling. He paused the band, called for help and…
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Eighteen seconds into ᎠᏌᏃ ᎩᎦᎨ (The Red Dress), something vaguely familiar catches your attention. A sound you feel you know: a voice, a flute, definitely something human, but gone before you can actually put your finger on it. It returns…
View More RematriNation – ᎠᏌᏃ ᎩᎦᎨ (The Red Dress)
When the promo arrived, I didn’t pay too much attention to the blurb. I downloaded the files and hit play. The opening chords of Blue Door came from nowhere: joyous, startling and immediately demanding attention. Heavy guitar chords call an…
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Introduction 3:23 am. It has become my favourite time of the morning. No. Seriously. If you’ve been there, and I bet most of us have, you’ll know it is a feeling unlike any other hour. The silence in the darkness…
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New Theatre Oxford Thursday, 14 May 2026 This means nothing to me, Oh Vienna Except. It is actually Oxford, on a rainy Thursday night in May. “The feeling has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me.” Yet,…
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The Lighthouse & The Rocks was released in June 2025. Yes, I know. It is January 2026, and only now have I finally decided to put fingers to keyboard and try to find the words which might do justice to…
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O2 Arena, London Wednesday, 26th November 2025 Sometimes you go to a concert with quietly hopeful expectations, prepared for an enjoyable evening’s entertainment and the chance to hear a few of your favourite tunes. Then there are those rare evenings…
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Twenty-three years have passed since the release of A Nod and a Wink. In the intervening decades, speculation and conjecture over whether – or even if – we would ever hear new music again from Andrew Latimer has fuelled endless…
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Some albums insist on being felt as much as heard. Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s gorgeous cello-driven album Lifeblood lovingly nuzzles its way under your skin and whispers warmly to your soul, moving between passages of exquisite serenity and moments of startling intensity.…
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