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Man of the Year
9th Sep 2016
Ahead of his performance of Man Of The Year, actor Jason Cavanagh reveals his choice for 2016 Person of the Year.
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Music | Third Time's The Charm
Third Time Around: Mason Porter
22nd Jul 2015
Paul Wilkinson of Mason Porter reflects on the number three.
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Music | Third Time's The Charm
Third Time Around: Kingswood
Alexander Laska of Kingswood talks about how the third time really was the charm.
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Music | Third Time's The Charm
Third Time Around: Josh Pyke
14th Jul 2015
Josh Pyke talks about the significance of the third song on his album ‘The Beginning and the End of Everything’.
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Music | Third Time's The Charm
Third Time Around: The Howl
Sam Porter of Chicago band The Howl gives us the lowdown on why three is an important number when it comes to tour vans.
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Music
Tour Life: The Howl
20th May 2015
We go on the road with Chicago punk-rock band The Howl for their first tour outside of the US. Here’s their tour diary by band member Sam Porter.
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Playlist picks: Shooglenifty
21st Dec 2014
We put Malcolm Crosbie – member of six-piece Scottish Celtic-dance or “hypno-folkadelic ambient trad” band Shooglenifty – to the test to pick out five of the group’s songs for our playlist challenge. 1. “Waiting For Conrad”, written by Iain M Macleod, arranged Shooglenifty from our first studio album Venus in Tweeds. This was one of the […]
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2nd time around | Music
Second Time Around: Steven Chera
17th Aug 2014
Singer and song stylist Steven Chera shares his uplifting tale on the upside of love. About six years ago, my wife, Susan, decided that she wanted out of our marriage. She couldn’t give me a good reason, so of course, I worked hard over a period of time to try to change her mind to […]
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2nd time around | Music
Second time around: Space Elevator
27th Jul 2014
Space Elevator’s The Duchess on how she learnt to be who she is meant to be. I have been in various rock bands and a couple of years ago I wrote my own album of self-penned songs and did a few gigs with it. I was being encouraged by my management at the time to […]
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2nd time around | Music
Second time around: Ten Ton Man
Ten Ton Man encourages taking as many second chances as necessary. I’ve had many second chances, hell, even third and fourth chances. And what matters more than failing is what I learned along the way. Disappointment and failure can sometimes make you more motivated and fuel your persistence to succeed in life, music, whatever. I […]
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2nd time around | Music
Second time around: Wonder Villains
Wonder Villains almost gave up on a song but their philosophy saw it through. We gave a second chance to a song we wrote a while ago called Blonde. The song was quite a different sound for us and we were really excited about it. The day it was written we were dancing around the […]
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2nd time around | Music
Second time around: Sun Culture
Sun Culture relishes starting fresh without staring from scratch. When I parted ways with my label after my first major release, I was discouraged. I had given it everything I had, and I felt like I had come up short. I was happy to take a role behind the scenes and began working on other […]
