I love The Unthanks ; their music is as authentic as you can get. 'Here's the Tender Coming' was one of my favorite albums of ...

Lisa Hannigan made her name as the female foil for Damien Rice 's angst ridden gems of self doubt. She's released two albums; 2009...

  “ Dad! Are you listening to me  Dad ?  Will Mayfair Mac still go to heaven ?”  repeated Archie impatiently from atop Cassidy’s shoulders. ...

This is where we work! Take a look at Marcus in situ. Di went to take some photo's of Mr Cliffe at his newly developed studio in South...

Diamond Mine was one of last year's best albums; all the more potent for its brevity. Sunday mornings require me hitting ' play ...

Neither of Cassidy’s parents was particularly demonstrative.  They didn’t deal in doting displays, tugs and hugs. “The glories of God are so...

Another Toronto Tim recommendation. Son of Elbow? Love it when the band kicks in at the end of 'Belongings'.

For those of you who missed Toronto Tim's recommendation of this in the 'comments' box of a post below.

Duncan Sheik has been around the block a time or two. You can see from the video of his biggest hit ' Barely Breathing ' that he ha...

There was the sound of a moving chair in the flat above.  Was it really nearly a week since Monty had been assaulted?  Time  was  a concerti...

And just when you think you might prefer the new version...

Take a listen to this. Makes you think what Mid Air might have sounded like as a Blue Nile album. It's the Elegance Remix (by Robert ...

Saturday evenings were desolate. Cassidy sat in front of late night TV, nursing a beer. 'Match of the Day'. He’d never been able to ...

The final part of The Glow Diaries sees Marcus and I bracing ourselves for the mixing process in very different ways. Finally, a sad loss ...

Marc Pilley's band Hobotalk have produced two beautiful albums; ' Beauty in Madness ' and follow up ' Notes on Sunset '....

Sometimes the simplicity of a song just stops you in your tracks. The Heart Strings album was raved about by Phil from Tel Aviv. ' Fl...

Cassidy woke in a cold sweat, checked his face in the bathroom mirror and took a long shower. Toweling himself down he paused to wipe the co...

Sorry that the posts are a bit infrequent and tardy; I've been away and... erm, reading and writing a lot. Currently trying to finish I...

The next couple of days were a blur of emails and long distance phone calls. Cassidy was the youngest of three brothers and his siblings Tho...

As ' Glow ' nears its completion and Marcus prepares himself for the mix, I throw in a wild card. I think that when I said " Ca...

One of the occasional joys of googling oneself (come on, we all do it) is to find the occasional missive, not by a journalist, but by a fan....

One of the many pleasures that we get from the house in Corsica is that it gifts us a spectacular silence; quieter than anything you've ...

He missed the last tube but that was no biggie, it had stopped raining and the evening was now calm and balmy. As he strolled towards the ne...