Alexis is playing a one-off show with Green Gartside of Scritti Politti at the Fence Homegame, weekend of April 7th/8th, Anstruther, Fife (various venues)....
This is the gig I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, but apparently this 'intimate' festival sold out soon after tickets went on sale in January (they have a...
For completists only, Skank Bloc Bologna is included on an excellent new compilation put out by the peerless Soul Jazz Records. It's entitled "D-I-Y", and as...
I attended the memorial service for Arif Mardin last night at Lincoln Center in New York. Prior to the tribute they played several tracks that Arif produced,...
Thanks for sharing that John. What a legend and a hell of a great pair of ears! Regards, Adam ... Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the...
yes he was quite the gentleman. Arif enjoyed working with Green in the 1980's. I don't think he lived to hear White Bread, Black Beer but I'm sure he would...
Arif died after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. If the obit is listed anywhere I would guess it would be online at http://mojo4music.com john ... --...
Eat Your Own Ears presents KIERAN HEBDEN (AKA FOUR TET) AND STEVE REID GREEN GARTSIDE (Scritti Politti) & ALEXIS TAYLOR (Hot Chip) DJ JAMES HOLDEN Thursday 29...
"Writing and recording together"...what an intriguing reference! Does anyone have a sense of where this collaboration is heading? New songs, new recordings?...
Thanks John. I'll have to search though the site at some point and see if I can find the article. There isn't a readily available 'Search' function that I can...
I was wondering if anyone here listens to other acts that are primarily associated with the 80's in the same way SP is? In other words, bands that gained...
Hi Chris, iam a big fan of Prefab Sprout although if i am correct,as a group,they are no longer together as such.I know Paddy McAloon recorded a solo album I...
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How about Kate Bush? An iconoclastic, hyper-intelligent songwriter who refuses to stay still artistically or cling to any genre for long...an 80s icon who...
... who refuses to stay still artistically or cling to any genre for long...an 80s icon who falls out of the public eye in the 1990s, only to return a dozen...
Great, insightful post! Thanks, Gareth, for all your observations...and thanks for calling me on my glib enthusiasm. I would quibble with your distinction...
Anyone going??? March, 29 2007 at KOKO 1A Camden High Street, Camden, LONDON, NW1 Cost : £13.50 Green will be playing a short set with his friend Alexis...
DEAR JOHN , I MET GREEN IN BOSTON LAST OCTOBER AT THE CLUB HE PERFORMED . HIM AND THE BAND WERE VERY NICE . JOHN I COULD'NT BELIEVE HE ACTUALLY SINGS LIKE THAT...
I've ordered a ticket and I'm going if I can get there in time after work. Unfortunately my mobile phone has very poor sound quality but hopefully I can at...
... Kate/Synthy Kate and Back to Pianoy Kate again, the only real journey being that of the means of production. Not sure about that - I find most of the early...
... Hmmm... Intestesting... But nonsense. ... I think multi-tracked Green is wonderful actually. WBBB features better production than a huge number of albums. ...
Just my two pence worth, although I'm slightly biased.. ... I keep reading this comment on this board, and it's really unfair. If you first heard the song when...