Posted on June 18, 2008 by chriswingrove
A recent Arts Council poll claims that Liverpool is England’s most musical city. The current European Capital of Culture took the win with 49% of votes cast, ahead of Sheffield in second and Manchester in third. What a load of utter tripe. In my opinion, there are several things wrong with this.
Mainly, I have a problem with Liverpool’s [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by chriswingrove
Our second stop on the Aural tour of the world brings us to the hometown of Blood Red Shoes, Brighton. A lovely town on the south coast of England, Brighton has a great recent history in music. Socially and politically, the town is quite liberal; promoting art, individuality and performance at every turn. Not only [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by chriswingrove
A new feature to the World of Wingrove is Aural Geography, where I will use the home town of the artist who has produced album of the week, or similarly another big release. The plan is then to pillage Wikipedia and come up with some other bands from that area. This will be a mix of [...]
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