Category Archives: Music
Sade was the best part of the unstylish 80’s.
It has been good to see some great artists from the 80’s and 90’s making a welcome return to popular music and performance – Alison Moyet springs immediately to mind – but without a doubt the coolest performer to grace the stage was Sade Adu.
Around 1984/5 Sade was all over the airwaves and if you [...]
The Brit Awards: why can British television not do a decent awards night anymore?
British television has produced some of the best entertainment ever seen, and continues to do so, why then can the industry not pull it together and give viewers a decent awards show anymore? last night’s Brit Awards was, in the words of mediocre compere Peter Kay, “twenty minutes of entertainment stretched over two hours…”
And he [...]
I love opera – so why does Popstar to Operastar make me cringe…? well, the miming for a start…
It’s strange because this is the sort of show that I should really like – I very much enjoyed Maestro a couple of years back, but this series just does not do it for me. That is not to say it is a poor production though because it has proved very popular with the masses [...]
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