Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bellowhead, Benji Kirkpatrick, David Eagle, Faustus, Greg Russell, Nancy Kerr, Paul Sartin, Peter Bellamy, Rachael McShane, Saul Rose, The Young 'Uns on 31/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of the “ballad-opera” The Transports at Exeter, Phoenix. It was written by Peter Bellamy in 1977, and chosen by Mojo magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Recordings of The 20th Century. It was “Folk Album of The Year” in 1977. This new version features members of Bellowhead, Faustus, The Young ‘Uns and Nancy Kerr. How good was it? Well, I haven’t seen anything better in the six years I’ve been writing this blog.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Jackson-Smith, Harriet Thorpe, Phoebe Sparrow, Reece Shearsmith, Sean Foley, Selina Cadell, Simon Rouse on 29/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of the Sean Foley directed The Dresser, with Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith. After a much acclaimed London run, the production is on tour. Here at Chichester. It’s a backstage tragicomedy set in 1942, while they’re playing (trying to play?) King Lear.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jerry Ivey, Margo Price on 21/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of Margo Price at The Bullingdon, Oxford (LINKED) on Friday 20th January. MidWest Farmer’s Daughter was mu favourite album of 2016, so anticipation was high. A high-energy show to a sold-out packed hall.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jack Torrey, Junco Shakers, Page Burkum, The Cactus Blossoms on 18/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
Review of The Cactus Blossoms in Poole, (LINKED)with fine support band Junco Shakers. The Cactus Blossoms are brothers from Minneapolis, and this was the first gig of their 2017 European Tour. It sets the bar very high for concerts this year! Brilliant. They sound like the Everly Brothers, the original songs are powerful, and they covered Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Lefty Frizell, The Kinks, Patsy Cline & The Beatles. That’s eclectic. Read the full review.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Damian Chazelle, Emma Stone, John Legend, Justin Hurwitz, Ryan Gosling on 12/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
It has SO many awards and five star reviews. So here’s MY take on La La Land (linked).
Posted in Uncategorized on 02/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
My task of moving articles from my old website continues with an article on the Anglo-Continental Drama Evenings (LINKED) we produced on Wednesdays from 1971 to 1980. These were shows for ELT students, and at least provide an old photo gallery of us at work in the early 1970s. I’ve added more photos for the new version.
Posted in Uncategorized on 01/01/2017| Leave a Comment »
I am moving material from my old website (viney.uk.com) onto this blog, as the old site has so many out of date links. I’m starting with one of the most popular ELT articles “A course book writer responds” (LINKED) which was a long response to an article by Mario Rinvolucri, touching on aspects of ELT courses: Women, Cultural Awareness, Being a linguist, Political correctness, Sexism, Ideology, even the over-emphasis on verbs in syllabuses. Though it was written 17 years ago, I think the points still merit discussion.
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