Paul Collins Out Of My Head Alive Naturalsound Records From the opening power chord, to the last perfect harmony, this album was an extreme listening pleasure. It is brilliant and a welcome return of Paul Collins. It has been four years since we [...]
IN AND OUT OF HIS HEAD A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL COLLINS Once there was a genre within rock and roll called ‘power pop’, and Paul Collins was not only at the forefront, he was one of the originators. As a musician, he was in two brilliant bands, [...]
The English Beat Starring Dave Wakeling Here We Go Love Here We Go Records The Beat formed in 1978, and released their debut album in 1980, I Just Can’t Stop It. But the release of that album lead to some problems with their name in Australia [...]
HERE WE GO LOVE A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE WAKELING OF THE ENGLISH BEAT “I was close to being a Canadian,” says Dave Wakeling during our recent conversation. “My Granddad, after World War One, wanted to be a Mountie. So he applied, but he was too [...]
ENGLISH BEAT KICKS OFF SUMMER 2016 TOURING WITH SOUL ASYLUM SUMMER SHOWS WITH B-52S, CULTURE CLUB, UB40, AND THIS FALL WITH SQUEEZE As UK’s legendary ska/punk/pop/soul band The English Beat readies its first new studio album in over three [...]
GET READY TO RELEASE FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN 3 DECADES As UK’s legendary ska/punk/pop/soul ban ENGLISH BEAT readies its first new studio album in over three decades (set for release in 2016), Dave Wakeling and band will be on tour [...]
