There now follows a short public information film containing particulars of Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires’ autumn tour. Brian Bilston tour diary You can find more particulars here, in particular: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Music
Sounds Made by Humans – an album of my poetry put to music by the fabulous Catenary Wires – can now be listened to on Spotify, iTunes and those other streaming platforms. “A contender for album of the year.” Backseat Mafia“An instant cult classic. 5/5” Louder Than War And if you like what you hear,…
As the ballistic missiles between Iran and Qatar seem to have gone quiet for the time being I am making another attempt to get to Europe today for work commitments. Last week, my flights were cancelled due to the disruptions around Doha Airport. Anyway, fingers crossed. I will be back writing here again on Thursday,…
Here are a couple of reports on the June 13 concert in New York City. First up is Associate Editor Tom Frangione’s review for Beatlefan. … Having kicked off the first leg of their 2025 tour the prior evening in … Continue reading
One tour may have just finished but here’s news of another one coming soon … I’m delighted to announce that this autumn I’ll be going on tour with The Catenary Wires, for some fun-filled evenings of music and poetry. We’ll be performing our album ‘Sounds Made by Humans’, and there’ll be poems from me and…
Last week saw the release of ‘Sounds Made by Humans’, an album of ‘poem songs’ I’ve made with the brilliant Catenary Wires. The album is out now on vinyl and CD; it’s also available for streaming on Spotify and elsewhere, and can be downloaded. Some places where you can find it… BANDCAMP SHOPIFY ROUGH TRADE…
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A new ‘poem song’ with the fab Catenary Wires is out today: Every Song on the Radio Reminds Me of You. We’ve even made an accompanying video, in which I do some very good walking around with a radio, plus knob twiddling. It’s from our forthcoming album, ‘Sounds Made by Humans’ which comes out on 9…
Back in 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who came up with “Tommy,”widely considered the first “rock opera.” But this past week Townshend found himself involved in a real-life rocksoap opera. The storyline: First, Townshend and fellow Who original member Roger … Continue reading
Here’s contributor Natalie Palumbo’s report on a recent screening of Kevin Macdonald’s documentary film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famed benefit concert and their activities in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early 1970s. … It’s Thursday afternoon at … Continue reading