Literature

The Rude Shipyard

by Alex 5 May 2010 Art and Culture

I mentioned a little while ago (on facebook) that I was going to be featuring an occasional piece on venues that offer something a bit different and unique. The first place to catch my eye was The Rude Shipyard run by Pete David and Sally Smith in Sheffield. It’s a cafe/bookshop and the sort of [...]

Colin Meloy to release Children's Books

by Alex 30 April 2010 Art and Culture

That’s right, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists is about to release a series of Children’s books. Maybe not so surprising as some may report though. The series entitled Wildwood see’s Meloy collaborating with his wife, Carsons Ellis, an illustrator. Wildwood is a classic tale of adventure, magic, and danger.

London Word Festival

by Alex 26 March 2010 Art and Culture

The London Word Festival is a pioneering, annual celebration of words, text and language; daring in its approach to cross-artform programming, commissioning new work and exploring non-traditional spaces.

Seamus Ennis in Drumcondra by Dermot Bolger

by Alex 10 March 2010 Art and Culture

I got this wonderful message this morning from Alan O’Leary of Copperplate: Thought I would share this beautiful heartbreakingly sad poem of Dermot Bolgers with you all.

The Man who Recorded the World

by Alex 3 March 2010 Art and Culture

Writer, musicologist, archivist, singer, DJ, filmmaker, record, radio and TV producer, Alan Lomax was a man of many parts. Without him the history of popular music would have been very different. Armed with a tape-recorder and his own near-flawless good taste, Lomax spent years travelling the US, particularly the south, recording its heritage of music [...]

Visions of Joanna Newsom (new book out on 5th February)

by Alex 3 February 2010 Art and Culture

Roan Press are excited to announce the launch of Visions of Joanna Newsom, a book of essays, poems, and art responding to Joanna Newsom’s evocative, controversial work.

Moleskine Passion

by Alex 1 February 2010 Art and Culture

Moleskine, the makers of very fine quality journals have a new collection which caught our eye. They are dedicated to Recipes, Wine, Books, Films, Wellness and more importantly, Music. We have a fondness for quality of detail and admit to being lovers of pencil and paper over the computer / gadget, hard to believe, I [...]

The Peel Sessions: A Story of Teenage Dreams and One Man's Love of New Music

by Alex 17 January 2010 Literature

This is a story of teenage dreams, which, as any Peel fan knows, are hard to beat. Between 1967 and 2004 John Peel picked over 2000 bands to come and record over 4000 sessions to be played on his radio show. Many were young and had never been in a recording studio before, for some [...]

Family

by Alex 17 August 2009 Literature

Family — For many years, Lauren Dukoff has been photographing close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well as a range of other musical influences. This lovely hardcover album collects Dukoff’s striking portraits and candid images of [...]