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Continue reading →: Music Review: Si Cranstoun ‘Modern Life’
My latest review for The Doughnut is up and running. This time I review Si Cranstoun’s album ‘Modern Life’ having reviewed his upcoming single ‘Never Gonna Let You Go’ earlier. If you love feel-good, soulful Jackie Wilson style music to bop to then Si Cranstoun is your man. You can…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Si Cranstoun – Never Gonna Let You Go
My latest post on The Doughnut features the new single from a great British artist who cut his teeth busking on the streets. Marvellously upbeat, cheery music with a great horn section backing, Si Cranstoun is bringing the Summer into Britain early. Well worth listening to and I’ll be reviewing…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Lydia Kakabadse – British feeling made exotic fantasy
After my last review of a young British child prodigy I go to the other extreme, looking at another British musician, but one who is sixty this year. Listening to this CD featuring several of her works, you might be surprised to learn that Lydia Kakabadse was born in Southport…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: ‘From Me to You’ by Shane Thomas – A True British Prodigy
There are some people in this world who are annoyingly talented and Shane Thomas fits this category to the hilt. And then some. Officially the youngest person in history to be signed to a music publisher (EMI) at the age of 10, Shane Thomas has wowed newspapers, royalty and even…
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Continue reading →: Recommended Resource: Shannon A. Thompson – Editing services
Today I’m going to recommend something a little unusual – a rival to my own services! I don’t do this lightly – I enjoy the editing work I do and my clients know I provide a quality service. That said, I’m a writer first and foremost and I’m in a…
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Continue reading →: Am I Charlie? The Problem of maintaining a moderate view
Originally posted on kenthinksaloud: Source: Nury Vittachi ? ‘Je suis Charlie’ – I am Charlie – is the rallying call in Europe and even around the world but … am I Charlie? Can I really identify with the men who died and what they stood for? And if not, then…
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Continue reading →: Recommended Resource: Interesting Literature.com & how to write an essay
This will be a more unusual ‘recommended resource’ today as it is inspired by a particular blog post read this morning. That said, singing the praises of the blog site called Interesting Literature has been long overdue. I’ve loved this blog for a long time. I read a lot of blogs…
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Continue reading →: A confused goodbye: A review of ‘The Endless River’ by Pink Floyd
So…it’s here. The final Pink Floyd album. What a rush of emotion writing those words brings to me. Ever since my brother introduced ‘the Floyd’ to me in the early 80s and The Wall seduced me before Dark Side of the Moon recreated me, I have loved Barrett, Waters, Mason,…
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