Tag : Culture

Tag: Culture

Damon Albarn: UK Covid response shows 'no empathy with arts'

Blur frontman hits out at government and requires music to be thought-about in official plansCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDamon Albarn has hit out on the government, saying its response to the coronavirus pandemic exhib...

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – playful and potent collaboration

(Parlophone)Damon Albarn is the melodic anchor to this pioneering album that balances idea with funThe Now Now (2018) was a type of Gorillaz albums that distributed with the hip hop-led collaborations that have typically defined this band of ink and...

Graham Coxon: 'I was a mardy brat in my 20s … I'm quite mellow now'

Blur’s guitarist reflects on the state of pop music, swearing, and why he’s glad he doesn’t should put on make-up any extraGraham Coxon enters the studio via a thick cloud of vapour. “Banana and yoghurt,” he broadcasts cheerfully. I had anticipated C...

Bert Inspired: a Concert for Bert Jansch review – fond renditions and a lot of guitar tuning

Previous Fruitmarket, GlasgowGraham Coxon, Bernard Butler and Robert Plant be a part of a diverse, stellar lineup and pay handsome tribute to the guitar hero Jazz-folk veterans, Britpop pin-ups, basic rock icons, up-and-coming singer-songwriters – wh...

Graham Coxon: Bert Jansch's music is a great gift for everyone

Ahead of two tribute live shows this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking expertise of meeting one among Britain’s biggest musiciansIt took me some time to completely recognize Bert Jansch. Perhaps as a result of I associated him wit...

From Bat For Lashes to David Lynch: 10 years of Loud and Quiet magazine

To rejoice a decade of Loud and Quiet journal, they’re throwing an exhibition of stellar rock images. Editor Stuart Stubbs takes us by means of some of his favorite photographs10 Years of Loud & Quiet magazine is at Oslo, Hackney from 23 October...

Blur: 'We used to take it in turns to punch each other'

Again in Hong Kong, where they recorded their album The Magic Whip, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave speak about falling out and making up, the state of British pop music and why 90s Britpop was a wasted opportunityHong Kong in July could be a disorienta...

All in the Downs review – a memorable Shirley Collins celebration

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAn emotional star-studded tribute to a people legend, with a uncommon look by the singer herselfThis emotional live performance featured a exceptional array of celebrities and one people legend, who was celebrating her 80t...

Are we out of time? Damon Albarn carried off stage following five-hour set

Blur frontman’s present with Africa Categorical at Roskilde in Denmark lasted until 4am, and was solely stopped as soon as ‘Huge Dave’ intervened Damon Albarn’s look at Roskilde music pageant on 4 July ended with an intervention, when the Blur frontm...

On my radar: Thea Gilmore’s cultural highlights

The singer-songwriter on the return of Blur, the loneliness in Edward Hopper’s paintings, BBC TV satire W1A and the inspirational environment of LiverpoolSinger-songwriter Thea Gilmore grew up in Oxford before leaving residence in her teens to work i...

Blur: The Magic Whip review – friends reunited for a beautiful comeback

Blur’s made-in-Hong-Kong album, their first for 12 years, overflows with pretty songs and touchingly reveals a band now fortunately reconciledThere are two kinds of band re-formation. The primary is so compellingly simple that the “basic” bands that...

Graham Coxon, Olivia Chaney, Alasdair Roberts and others: Shirley Inspired review – starry Shirley Collins tribute

(Earth Recordings)Fans of the exceptional English people singer Shirley Collins will probably be properly catered for by this weekend’s Record Store Day: Fledg’ling are rereleasing her gently compelling 1959 EP English Songs in its unique version, wh...

Graham Coxon: Cruel Mother – hear his musical tribute to Shirley Collins

The Blur guitarist is among the contributors to an album of songs related to the good English people singer to be launched for Report Retailer Day. Have a pay attention and let us know what you assumeShirley Collins’s status as one of the nice figure...

Blur announce The Magic Whip, their first new album for 12 years

The Magic Whip features the complete Blur lineup of Albarn, Coxon, Rowntree and James, and followers can rejoice with a June gig in London’s Hyde Park10 of the best: Damon Albarn tracksFollowers of Britpop pioneers Blur had purpose to rejoice on 19 F...

What are the best anti-riffs in rock?

BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their favourite riffs in music, with Led Zeppelin’s Entire Lotta Love topping the listing. However what of the more unconventional methods of enjoying? BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their top riffs from of an inv...