Omar Khairat interview
The National, January 2014 He won’t thank anyone for reminding him, but when Omar Khairat first joined the Cairo Conservatoire to study piano in 1959, Dubai had just built its first international airport, serving the […]
MUSIC
The Story Of Music by Howard Goodall
The Observer, October 2013 There is a fascinating point made on the very first page of Howard Goodall‘s snappily written journey through 40,000 years of music. Until the late 19th century, he writes, even the most devoted […]
Finding a deeper love for The Bee Gees
Copy: The National, May 2012 >> As an indie kid in the late 1980s and early 1990s, disco was something of a dirty word. All those terrible fancy dress nights with curly wigs and flares, […]
Dreams still coming true
Copy: The National 07/03/12 >> Really fascinating to read that the highest-earning British musical act in the US last year wasn’t Adele. Or Coldplay. It was, incredibly, Sade. I genuinely don’t think I’ve heard anything […]
Indie rock’s not dead yet. But is it dying?
Copy: The National 07/02/12 >> I love Blur. But there was something seriously depressing about their show at the Brits on Tuesday. Damon Albarn essentially barked through a succession of 15 year old songs; meanwhile, […]