In series of 5 posts John Davis reviews Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue’s new album Lost and Found. This first post summarises the different characters that emerge across the album; […]
At a time where listeners are looking for authenticity, Niemann is the real deal; heartfelt, honest and uncontrived. She does for country music what Amy Winehouse did for the blues/jazz sounds. Winehouse’s […]
This third post continues our review of Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue’s new album Lost and Found. In particular it discusses how Vanessa Niemann has married the tradition of […]
This post continues our review of Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue’s new album; Lost and Found. It discusses four of the songs on the album that include morality tales, Desert […]
In this final blog post we conclude our revue of Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue‘s new album Lost and Found by discussing the songs How Could It Be and Wayward […]
By John M Davis Today, April 6th 2018 , the ever stylish Françoise Hardy is releasing a new album on Parlophone. Her 28th French album is entitled, “Personne d’autre” (see link here). […]
Following on from their May 20th post which explained the dangers of ‘Man Up’ patriarchy and analysed the context of male illnesses of despair, Christina and John examine the impact of patriarchy […]
Let The Flowers Bloom Part 2: Christina Milarvie Quarrell and John Davis Part 1 of this post discussed the disabling, violent and controlling effect of patriarchy in male-female relationships. It posed questions […]
Christina Milarvie Quarrell is a Poet Photographer Artist born and raised in the Govanhill Gorbals communities. Her work celebrates the values of people before profit. Art is her passion and she utilises […]
Professor John Davis, Professor of Childhood Inclusion at the University of Edinburgh compares the Scottish Government’s plans for a quality, flexible, accessible and affordable early learning and childcare service to the Common […]
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