Fans Flo-ck to church gig
The Sun (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
FLORENCE And The Machine headlined Jo Whiley's Little Noise Sessions on Sunday
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The Gruffalo becomes the star of BBC's Christmas TV
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The hit 700-word bedtime story is belng made into a half-hour animated BBC film. It's hard to think there's going to be anything better to watch with your family this Christmas As anyone who's ever had the pleasure of reading it will tell you, there's no such thing as a Gruffalo … And yet, in the 10 years since it was published in 1999, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's 700-word story has...
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Desperate Comedy
BBC - Radio Scotland - JZ's Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Those Desperate Fishwives were back in action last night and, for the first time, I actually got the chance to see them live on stage. A train from Inverness , a quick rendezvous with Jemma Rodgers (BBC Scotland's new...
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Up for 2010: Delphic
worrapolava (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The Guardian's Paul Lester, in the spirit of nu-rave, christened his 401st New Band of the Day , Delphic, 'nu-Madchester'. Well, they come from Manchester and have a vaguely indie-dance feel... s'pose. But let's just say, along with this year's other sound for 2010 Hurts , they're one in a LONG line of Manchester acts who manage to sound totally accomplished before even being unleashed properly. Mind...
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Pudsey's Morning After The Night Before
BBC - Radio Scotland - JZ's Diary (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I hope Pudsey - the real Pudsey - is looking a bit healthier than the one in this photograph. But that was a big day for the bear in Scotland yesterday. £1.6 million pounds raised by the time we...
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Plucking For Pudsey
BBC - Radio Scotland - JZ's Diary (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Last Sunday our roving reporter Richard Cadey picked up his guitar and embarked on a busking tour of Scotland. There was, however, a snag. He couldn't actually play the guitar and his singing voice could be described, tactfully, as...
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Alex? He's no Jedward
The Sun (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
JO Whiley joked that the X Factor twins were gig's stars - then the Arctics singer came on
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Northerner: Beirut, the Penwortham of the east?
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Welcome to the Northerner, our weekly round-up of the northern press Living in the north appeared to be an arduous occupation this week. First of all our old adversary, the weather, was up to its usual tricks, leaving the pages of the local papers shivering with tales of lashing winds, rains and commuter tailbacks . Some of the most dramatic pictures came with the Northern Echo's report from Darlington...
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Richard Hawley (Mencap gig)
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Those of you around Islington and into RIchard Hawley (that should cover a lot of you) may be aware that he is headlining tonight's Mencap Little Noise Session in the sublime Union Chapel (it's a church - and it's got a bar!) I was there last night with a pal who used to work for Mencap. Mika headlined and I begrudgingly tip my cap to him. He was a riot. (Alas, Paloma Faith had to cancel - although...
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Poisoning Pudsey After Dark
BBC - Radio Scotland - JZ's Diary (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I've been dumped by Pudsey! Can you believe it? I was all set to take part in tonight's Staff Talent Show at Pacific Quay but now - just hours before curtain-up - I've been told that I'm "no longer...
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So Now I Own A Railway
BBC - Radio Scotland - JZ's Diary (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I write so often about rail journeys on this blog that people often accuse me of being a train-spotter. Not that there's anything wrong with spotting trains, but I'm not that way inclined. I like show-tunes, though, so you can...
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Penwortham: the Beirut of Preston?
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Mayor comparises suburban ward to once wartorn Lebanese capital because of unruly teenagers Beirut, Baltimore, Gotham City ... some conurbations immediately conjure up images of violence and depravity. And now it seems we should add the small suburb of Penwortham, near Preston, to that list. Locals were shocked this week when their mayor, Jim Hothersall, mentioned the town in the same breath as Beirut...
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Alexandra Burke review: X Factor winner a big noise at Little Noise sessions
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
X Factor star Alexandra Burke blew the audience away last night at her first ever proper headline gig as part of Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley's charity Little Noise sessions in North London.
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X Factor winner Alexandra Burke breaks down on stage during first headlining gig
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
X Factor star Alexandra Burke blew the audience away last night at her first ever proper headline gig as part of Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley's charity Little Noise sessions in North London.
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All good DJs know the value of the 'toilet track'
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Ever wondered why I Am the Resurrection and Fools Gold feature in so many playlists? It's to allow the DJ enough time to sprint to the loo and back Further proof this week, if any were needed, that Stairway to Heaven is musical cancer, comes from Led Zeppelin biographer Charles R Cross. He has posited the theory that the eight-minute opus has become one of the most broadcast songs in history because...