- The Incredible String Band – Part 1 In December 1968 Ed Ochs of Billboard wrote “The Incredible String Band have the lock and key to a very special musical experience” and of late Bob Young of Uncut scribed, “Modern ears frequently can’t get past the more frivolous side of The Incredible String Band: the Gilbert & Sullivan silliness of “Minotaur Song”, or […]
- How to be a “Rock and Roll Tourist”: on the Cludgy with ISB Admit it. We all read on the throne and Billy Connolly made Scottish humour synonymous with toilets, so this week’s article is going down the pan.
- By the Time I Get To Greenock “When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have” – Edgar Watson Howe Following our tragic national tradition that sees our brightest minds scattered like wilting heather around the globe, I recently put myself into self imposed exile in Didim Turkey and spent 21 months […]