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Live Gig Review: Big Big Train – Cadogan Hall, London – 30 September 2017

Artist: Big Big Train Venue: Cadogan Hall Date: 30 September 2017 At the end of July, I received a message out of the blue from a certain Greg Spawton. “Hi Matt, Just finalising guest lists for the Big Big Train shows. We have you down for a seat on Saturday 30th September. Are you still  Continue Reading »

Cosmograf – The Hay-Man Dreams – Album Review

Artist: Cosmograf Album Title: The Hay-Man Dreams Label: Cosmograf Music Date Of Release: 14 July 2017 When I reviewed ‘The Unreasonable Silence’, the fifth album from Robin Armstrong under the Cosmograf moniker, it was my first real exposure of this project. I really enjoyed that record and still listen to it on a relatively regular  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2016 – Number 4

Welcome to day 27 of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. It has been a couple of days since I last posted an update in this series – don’t you just hate it when something as inconsequential as Christmas gets in the way of some serious blog writing? Only kidding, I hope  Continue Reading »

Big Big Train – Folklore – Album Review

Artist: Big Big Train Album Title: Folklore Label: English Electric Recordings Date Of Release: 27 May 2016 Albums like this need to be consumed for some time before any thoughts are committed to paper or PC. However, I was desperate to review ‘Folklore’ by Big Big Train before it was officially released and so, after  Continue Reading »

Big Big Train – Wassail – EP Review

Artist: Big Big Train Album Title: Wassail EP Label: English Electric Recordings Year Of Release: 2015 Those that follow me on social media will know my thoughts about Big Big Train. They were a band I discovered relatively recently following some persistent badgering on twitter and Facebook, around the time of the release of ‘English  Continue Reading »


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