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Paul Bridgewater

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Content Director and Editor-in-Chief at The Line of Best Fit

Editor-in-Chief @bestfitmusic

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  • 2 weeks ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Paul Bridgewater

    The 75-year-old London-born Potter actually took her first steps in music with improvised performances and concerts in her twenties – including a stint on vocals and saxophone with the ensemble Feminist Improvising Group in the late '70s. She also composed the soundtracks to many of her films, often working with multi-instrumentalist and avant-composer Fred Frith – who she met during those early experimental performances.

  • 2 months ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Paul Bridgewater

    The equivalent of taking acid for the first time was hearing Bob Dylan in that ‘60s period after he went electric. And that just blew my mind; I remember listening to “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” and “Mr. Tambourine Man” on repeat in my bed and it was like taking a hallucinogenic, because the imagery that he evokes was so wild. For a young mind, they were these bizarre, very vivid images that sent your brain off into all these different directions.

  • 2 months ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Paul Bridgewater

    Taking place across two stages at the Swan Dive – our home at SXSW since 2018 – the 12-name strong line-up cuts across the genres to offer a glimpse into some of the artists who are forging new directions in songwriting and sonics. Boygenius-produced singer and songwriter jasmine.4.t was the first UK signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory label and released her You Are The Morning earlier this year.

  • 2 months ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Paul Bridgewater

    It’s a shift in pace for Grimshaw that feels entirely natural - since leaving Radio 1, he’s hit the ground running on two standout podcasts and cut his teeth in a four-month stint covering for Lauren Laverne. The Oldham-raised DJ – whose star rose fast when he took over Chris Moyles’ breakfast slot on Radio 1 at the age of 27 – became the second longest-running host of the flagship show, and moved to the drivetime programme before quitting the station in 2021.

  • 2 months ago | thelineofbestfit.com | Paul Bridgewater

    The prestige How Long Gone remains an exception to the rule that two male friends shouldn’t make a podcast together, and has become one of the few such enterprises to find gold in the simple formula of chatting shit with your buddy.

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Paul @paulbridgewater
12 Mar 25

Talked to the director of the incredible Sister Midnight about why The Stooges are the greatest and many other things 🔥

THE LINE of BEST FIT
THE LINE of BEST FIT @bestfitmusic

Filmmaker Karan Kandhari talks through the songs that soundtracked his life, and the creation of his BAFTA-nominated debut feature Sister Midnight https://t.co/JuwqCmEUYb https://t.co/Ms7v1VG8Cw

Paul
Paul @paulbridgewater
28 Feb 25

Absolutely blown away by the incredible names we're bringing together for this very special two-stage showcase at @swandiveaustin for @sxsw this year. Come back and say hi if you're in town :)

THE LINE of BEST FIT
THE LINE of BEST FIT @bestfitmusic

Best Fit’s @SXSW showcase lineup is here: 12 bands over two stages at @swandiveaustin on 14 March, including YHWH Nailgun, jasmine.4.t, Black Fondu, Case Oats, Emmline, shower curtain, simmcat + more https://t.co/EcIBEBaygE https://t.co/YfdfenTvmv

Paul
Paul @paulbridgewater
27 Feb 25

RT @sapphicspielbrg: Timothee spend five years immersing yourself in the role of Dan Bejar and then we can talk