Folk music, you either hate it or you tolerate it. There is no inbetween. Falling into the latter category is Seth Lakeman’s solo album. A 26-year-old veteran session musician, this, Lakeman’s first stab at a long-player, does show occasional flashes of potential but often falls flat with weak vocals and forgettable songs. Based upon stories […]
As a member of The Specials, Neville Staples witnessed some of the finest moments in British music history. Hailing from Coventry, the band delivered a sharp anti-racist message when at the turn of the eighties the National Front were at its most violent and were intent on smashing both political meetings and gigs that they […]
The Big Life is, unbelievably, a ska musical adaptation of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Four West Indian immigrants – Ferdy, Bernie, Lennie and Dennis – looking for opportunities in London, that is, ‘the Big Life’, decide to keep clear of women for the first three years in England. The reason being, that the opposite sex has […]
The great aspect of the internet is its interactivity. Watching TV is a one-way process in which the moving pictures leave you as a passive viewer. However, on the net you can upload video, vote on articles and join in discussions with one or more other net fans. One of the attractive features of writing […]
On Tuesday June 10 over 100 Camden tenants held a post-stock transfer ballot victory meeting in the borough’s town hall. Chaired by Alan Walter also on the platform was the recently humbled Dame Jane Roberts, leader of the Labour council, UNISON national office Colin Meech, Eileen Short of Tower Hamlets Defend Council Housing (DCH), and […]
