‘It’s a pretty dark tale,’ says Miles Salter, regular York Calling contributor and author of a new book about The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde’s ill-fated band of Hereford musicians.
Continue reading “Two Dead by 30: The Tragedy at the Heart of The Pretenders”
Forty years ago, in July 1986, I went to my first gig. Queen, playing at Wembley Stadium, were one year out from their much-applauded Live Aid set.
Continue reading “Miles Salter Reflects on Four Decades of Going to Gigs”
Miles and The Chain Gang is a York-based rock and Americana band fronted by friend of the blog, Miles Salter. We’ve shared a few of their tracks before so when I saw they had a new one out, I just had to give it a listen. Described by Miles as a “summer anthem”, it’s called Love Is Blind.
Continue reading “New Music: Miles and The Chain Gang – Love Is Blind”
In the latest episode of Going Underground, co-host Miles Salter chats to Professor Peter Stanfield, author of the book A Band With Built-In Hate: The Who From Pop-Art to Punk. Continue reading “Going Underground #25 – Peter Stanfield on The Who”
In a special bonus episode of our podcast, Miles Salter visits York Art Gallery to view their exhibition Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years and chat to Dr. Helen Walsh about it. Continue reading “Going Underground #24 – Helen Walsh on Grayson Perry”
In the latest episode of the Going Underground podcast, co-host Miles Salter chats to York-based musician Gary Stewart about his new music and Paul Simon. Continue reading “Going Underground #20 – Gary Stewart”
It’s time for a brand new series of our podcast Going Underground and we’ve made a notable change this series. Continue reading “Going Underground #19 – Juliet Forster”
In this week’s podcast I’m joined by author Francis H. Powell, local poet and musician Miles Salter and our Managing Editor Jane Howkins. Continue reading “The York Calling Podcast Series 2 Episode 4”
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by local folk singer Bella Gaffney, Miles Salter pays tribute to Little Richard and our Managing Editor Jane Howkins returns to talk festivals. Continue reading “The York Calling Podcast – Series 2 Episode 3”
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