A huge compression of grinding guitar riffs and stupefying bass, only upstaged on occasion by drumming that reminds me of the time my pet frog was squashed by seven falling refrigerators. Paul Ferguson, Amazon Review of Thrak by King Crimson, February 2003 I hope Paul’s frog survived. In case you are wondering whether Paul liked the album, …
Sir Stephen Cleobury, my Father and the Meaning of Christmas
When I think of Sir Stephen Cleobury who has just died my image of him is conducting the service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College Cambridge on Christmas Eve. © Kevin Leighton/King's College, Cambridge The festival of Christmas was central to my relationship with my Father who died twenty-five years ago. I always used to listen to …
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How I found Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson is known as ‘The most successful British musician most people have never heard of’. So how did I find him? In February 2009, Steven Wilson did something uncharacteristically violent; he destroyed five iPods. He shot the first one, smiling ‘wow’ when he hit it first time, but sensibly wearing ear defenders. He took …
