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James Yorkston, Union Chapel, London
Friday 23 December 2011
One of the several rambling, funny tales James Yorkston tells tonight has him bumping into an old acquaintance he hasn’t seen for years who, worried he’s looking “a bit rough”, enquires if he has a job these days.
James Yorkston, Union Chapel, London
Thursday 22 December 2011
One of the several rambling, funny tales James Yorkston tells tonight has him bumping into an old acquaintance he hasn't seen for years who, worried he's looking "a bit rough", enquires if he has a job these days. Yorkston, considering his wandering singer's life, allows him to think he's unemployed, just scraping by. He's offered a house-painting job, but can't make it as, dressed in the clothes that had him tagged as destitute, he's playing this gig.
BBC boss Sir Michael Lyons ran up £11,500 in expenses
Monday 18 July 2011
The former chairman of the BBC Trust ran up expenses totalling more than £11,500 in six months, according to figures released today.
Strikes a chord: KT Tunstall and Emma Gillespie talk sexism, scandal and singing in the street
Sunday 16 January 2011
Both KT Tunstall and newcomer Emma Gillespie are 'girls with guitars' who busked their way to record contracts at the age of 27. Except one of them got her break through a reality TV show. So how similar are they really?
KT Tunstall, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Friday 22 October 2010
Diminutive Scottish-born singer K T Tunstall sprang on stage at the Shepherd's Bush Empire wearing skin-tight leather leggings and a baggy T-shirt, immediately invigorating the audience with her firecracker presence.
Harvey Goldsmith sets his sights on London's biggest gig
Thursday 15 July 2010
The rock promoter reckons he could be a future mayor, he tells Andy McSmith
Album: 7 Worlds Collide, The Sun Came Out, (Columbia)
Sunday 30 August 2009
Neil Finn, Liam Finn, Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy, assorted Radioheaders and, er, KT Tunstall... All proceeds to Oxfam... What could go wrong? Not much, actually, and Finn Sr's charity project is indeed worthy and occasionally wonderful.
'Fiddy' gets emotional
Tuesday 16 September 2008
The rapper 50 Cent's transformation from hip-hop bad boy into full-blown luvvie is complete.
Martha Wainwright, Royal Festival Hall, London
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Martha breaks free of family shackles to reveal her own voice
Spare change for the cellist?
Sunday 24 February 2008
An acclaimed classical musician swapped the concert hall for the concourse of St Pancras station last week. Susie Mesure listened in
John Martyn: He's the daddy
Wednesday 06 February 2008
Hellraiser John Martyn has played with the best and influenced them all, but a lifetime achievement award still came as a shock. He talks to Pierre Perrone
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