Review: R'n'B Festival, Colne

11:10am Tuesday 26th August 2008

THIS year’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, in Colne, has been hailed ‘the best yet’ by organisers.

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Interview: Steve Cropper

4:51pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

ASK fans attending this year’s Great British R&B Festival which artist they are most looking forward to seeing and the majority will give you one name — Steve Cropper.

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Review: High School Musical Mania @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn

12:37pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

PUPILS of Little Voices wowed the crowds with their performance of High School Musical Mania.

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Croston: The Wheatsheaf

4:25pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

Potential suitors take note - the way to my daughter's heart is chips! Thick chips, thin chips, whatever, just providing they don’t resemble “roast potatoes” as served at The Wheatsheaf.

Interview: Nuno Mindelis

3:12pm Friday 15th August 2008

NUNO Mindelis — aka The Beast from Brazil — is coming to the Colne Rhythm and Blues Festival for the first time.

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Interview: Albert Lee

3:13pm Friday 15th August 2008

Legendary guitarist Albert Lee may have been making music for over 40 years, but, as he tells us, he confounds expectations.

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Interview: King Pleasure

3:16pm Friday 15th August 2008

One of Britain’s best party bands are heading back to Colne next weekend and, as band leader King Pleasure told us, it’s going to be quite an occasion.

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Interview: Linda Gail Lewis

3:18pm Friday 15th August 2008

WHEN it comes to Linda Gail Lewis, you’re talking rock ’n’ roll royalty.

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Interview: Nomad Jones

3:09pm Friday 15th August 2008

Damon Valentine works in a bar by night and Nomad Jones writes music by day waiting for his big break.

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Review: Stereophonics @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

1:02pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

IT may have been a warm-up for this weekend’s V Festival but by anyone’s standards, this was pretty hot stuff.

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Review: Album - Noah And The Whale - Peaceful The World Lays Me Down

9:00am Monday 11th August 2008

FOLK these days comes in many forms and this is a very good example of the broad church available.

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Review: Album - The Levellers - Letters From The Underground

3:24pm Friday 15th August 2008

IF there’s one band who have remained true to their principles all these years it has to be The Levellers.

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Interview: Rick Guard

12:10pm Saturday 9th August 2008

LIONEL Richie is one of his biggest fans, he has performed for the Queen and his albums have now gone platinum.

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Interview: Chris Davies of the Electric Circus Band

1:23pm Friday 8th August 2008

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of The Electric Circus Band, a place submerged in a melting pot of influences and styles, with a touch of magic too. We spoke to Chris Davies as his Blackburn-born band begin to take the Manchester music scene by storm.

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Interview: Maupa

1:24pm Friday 8th August 2008

DESCRIBING Maupa in their own words: “There’s loads of them and they’re from Accrington.”

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Interview: John Wilson of Taste

1:19pm Friday 8th August 2008

RETURNING to Colne for The Great British R&B Festival will be a trip down memory lane for Taste drummer John Wilson.

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Review: Album - Man Like I - Natty

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

IF country is an area much overlooked, the same could be said of reggae.

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Review: Album - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

WITH all his success with film scores it’s easy to overlook Randy Newman the songwriter.

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Review: Album - Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul

1:42pm Friday 8th August 2008

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer songwriter who has been quietly going about his business for some time.

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Interview: Simon Crowe of The Boomtown Rats

11:31am Friday 1st August 2008

Their first gig out of Ireland was in East Lancashire and now — after touring the world, having two multi-million selling no 1 singles and playing Live Aid — two of the Boomtown Rats are back. We spoke to drummer Simon Crowe.

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Interview: Phil Oakey of The Human League

11:39am Friday 1st August 2008

In the early 1980s the city of Sheffield shaped the music scene. The recently-announced Steel City tour aims to show modern audiences why. We spoke to one of those taking part, the Human League’s Phil Oakey.

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Interview: Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds

11:22am Friday 1st August 2008

Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty tells us about life as a music legend... and why he's fitter than David Beckham.

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Interview: Jane McDonald

11:17am Friday 1st August 2008

JANE McDonald admits she's a bit tired when she answers the phone for our interview.

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Review: Northern Chamber Orchestra @ Blackburn College. Blackburn

11:08am Monday 28th July 2008

IF there's a better way to round off a glorious weekend than an open-air concert by the Northern Chamber Orchestra set to fireworks, then I don't know what it is.

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Review: Album - Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider

9:00am Monday 28th July 2008

THERE have been many imitators but there will only ever be one Alice Cooper and thankfully he’s back on form with that old chestnut, a concept album.

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Review: Album - XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island

9:00am Monday 28th July 2008

FOR a band making their debut CD the XX Teens certainly have a swagger about them which comes over via this album.

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Review: Echo & The Bunnymen @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

11:07am Monday 28th July 2008

A FREE show by a top band sounds like a great idea.

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Miliband issues advice to Russia

Updated 9:27am Thursday 28th August 2008

Britain does not want to launch an "all-out war" with Russia following the country's decision to recognise two breakaway regions, David Miliband said.

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