Shaun Curran

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Shaun Curran

Back in August 2001, Mancunian electronic-pop pioneers New Order released their seventh album, Get Ready, their first record in eight years.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Shaun Curran

Back in the late 80s, film-maker Shane Meadows had aspirations of being a rock star – until he first saw his friend Gavin Clark perform at a mate’s house. “He was playing one of his songs on a guitar with two strings,” Meadows says, “and I just went, ‘Oh! Shit`cc , he’s ridiculously talented.’ He had this gentle voice with the power of a jumbo jet behind it. It was such a unique thing. I realised I was faking it.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Shaun Curran

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Shaun Curran

In December 1978, Marie Pierre was at No 1 in the UK reggae chart with the lovers rock classic Walk Away, a beautiful tearstained lament on a troubled relationship. Her 1979 debut album Love Affair, powered by another enduring scene song in Choose Me, remained one of Trojan’s best-selling albums well into the 1980s; Pierre, with her crystalline multi-octave voice, seemed destined to follow her contemporary, Silly Games singer Janet Kay, into mainstream pop-reggae success.

1 month ago | correiobraziliense.com.br | Shaun Curran

De todos os nomes da música que despontaram em 2024, Cindy Lee foi o mais fascinante – e o mais misterioso. Em março do ano passado, seu álbum Diamond Jubilee se mostrou um surpreendente caleidoscópio de 32 faixas lo-fi, com duas horas de duração, que inclui sons inerentes ao rock e ao pop. O álbum surgiu como num passe de mágica – uma extensa e suntuosa imersão de belas melodias que parece um sonho. Várias de suas canções são devastadoras, recheadas de perda e saudade.