The Stranglers Archives – Just Listen To This

A singer’s singer, knowledgeable and melodic BUT with that jazzy feel that enables her to bring a freshness to her material. Just Listen To This had the chance to speak with Mari at her Cornbury Festival appearance. Her answers to our questions give a clue as to how she has sustained a career, thank you Ms Wilson…

2017 In Review

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 30, 2017

Maybe it is because we know about them, but yet again this year we seem to have lost so many creative and entertaining characters. And yet again we can be inspired to remember them and keep their music alive…

Dirty Thrills – Heavy Living

by Pete Sargeant | Nov 27, 2017

We met this lively crew at Ramblin’ Man Fair and though they are evidently musically skilled they seem to share an ignited passion for making and performing their own music.

The Strypes – Spitting Image

by Pete Sargeant | Sep 3, 2017

A few days after The Thin White Duke passed, image man John Bull and I were up at the Garage in London to see the Strypes and hear their new material. They strode on, plugged in and burst – I mean burst – into Rebel, Rebel.

Ruts DC – Music Must Destroy

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017

Easily the most accomplished of the New Wave English groups of the late 70’s, The Ruts suffered some serious personnel losses and derailments over their years together.

Alexander Armstrong – Upon A Different Shore

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 16, 2016

music, we have many decades to select from now, why fence yourself in? So he roams far and wide and then goes in to the studio to record, often using baroque arrangements and varied instrumentation.