English Chanson

9×2: Contemporary English Chanson Harvey Andrews: Manet and Monet (6.00) Harvey Andrews: The Waiting Room (3.28) Pete Atkin: Beautiful Changes (3.51) Pete Atkin: Star of…

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Robyn Hitchcock 11/13/19

Robyn Hitchcock stopped by the Paste office in Atlanta to talk to studio chief Andrew Barkau and play us a few songs, including a rendition…

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Fairport Convention – A Peculiar Old Weekend (Cropredy 1982) 

I may have been there or it might have been a different year.  These early festivals were almost private parties compared with what came later….

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Fairport Documentary 2017

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Philip Pullman on Children’s Literature & the Critics Who Disdain It

Lit is lit books are books. We find certain books at certain times and they change us. Categories are for selling. From Daemon Voices: On Stories…

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Enzology (podcast)

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End of the (Split) Enz: Farewell Tour

The final tour “Enz with a Bang” Share This:

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Split Enz Documentaries

I just spent two weeks writing posts about the career of this amazing band, and along the way, I found these two documentaries about the…

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Origins of the Name Jamaica Plain

We are now living in JP (Jamaica Plain) a neighbourhood of Boston. Here is how it got its name: In the late 17th century, the…

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Ray Sawyer R.I.P

He wasn’t the lead singer on most of their famous songs, and he didn’t play instruments much either, but Ray Sawyer was the man everyone…

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