Britain’s music is being silenced by ministerial failure
Published by The Times (20th July, 2022) Britain does not have many world-leading industries but our music business is most... Read Full Article
15 years in a slave labour camp – just for listening to pop music in North Korea
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th July, 2021) Three years ago, North Korea’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Kim Jong Un clapped along... Read Full Article
Musicians deserve a helping hand
Published by The i paper (25th January, 2021) Seventeen years ago, I spent a day in Pimlico with Paul Weller. We met... Read Full Article
The music industry has been left to die
Published by UnHerd (12th October, 2020) After more than a decade in the music business, Georgia Barnes was on the... Read Full Article
Beat perfect until the end
Published by The i paper (4th May, 2020) Last Thursday I received an email from Audrey Gbaguidi, a singer whom... Read Full Article
Whitney’s back from the dead. But is her hologram tour a joyful tribute or ghoulish exploitation?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th February, 2020) Whitney Houston will soon be back on stage. Tickets are being... Read Full Article
Singing songs in harmony
Published by The i paper (15th July, 2019) Fifteen years ago I travelled to the world’s most astonishing music festival,... Read Full Article
Hello Syria! Joss Stone plays the world’s most unlikely gig
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2019) When British singer Joss Stone, barefoot as usual, walked on stage... Read Full Article
Britain is open for business? Not for African artists
Published by The Guardian (27th July, 2018) Moonchild Sanely oozes star quality. When musicians from Africa Express – the organisation... Read Full Article
Clubs are closing and British culture will suffer
Published by theipaper (22nd August, 2016) Seventeen years is a long time in club culture. Yet Fabric has survived and... Read Full Article