Live Review: James at York Barbican

James have ‘Lasted’ 40 years in this music business and have decided to bust out an orchestra and choir to celebrate this and the release of an album of orchestral re-working of some of their best tunes. Tonight was the 3rd date of an extensive tour of concert halls, where they have traded down from their usual arena and festival appearances, but upped the intimacy and quality and variety of performance by 50%.

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Album Review: Will Wood – “In case I make it,”

If you’ve been following the blog recently, you’ll have seen American singer songwriter Will Wood’s name pop up a few times. Back in May, I discovered him through the wonderful single Cicada Days. He followed it with the experimental You Liked This (Okay, Computer!), then the triumphantly nihilistic White Noise. All three tracks feature on his new album “In case I make it,”. I simply had to give it a listen.

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