Pennyblackmusic: June 2021

Skids

Andrew Twambley chats to Richard Jobson, lead singer of Scottish punk / New Wave legends The Skids about their new covers LP, 'Songs From A Haunted Ballroom', which pays homage to the Kinema Ballroom in their hometown of Dunfermline.

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Hello and welcome to the June edition of the Pennyblackmusic magazine. One of the questions that we are frequently asked at Pennyblackmusic is what type of person works for us. It is something that is very difficult to put into a slot. Our writers and photographers are of all ages, the youngest in their twenties, and the oldest in their seventies. We are also currently spread across seven countries - Scotland, England, Ireland, the USA, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain. They have to be fanatical about music. That goes without saying. It is, however, a question that Cila Warncke has als ....more

Kimberly Bright examines The Lewes Ripple, a community of musicians from the small town of Lewes in Sussex, who after a planned week-long multi-venue festival was cancelled there due to the pandemic, have set up an inventive YouTube channel to promote their music.

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In the first in a new series, in which our writers tell of encounters with the famous, Julie Cruickshank tells of a strange meeting with Michael Jackson in Foyle’s bookshop in London.

In her series, 'A Life in Music', in which she chats to Pennyblackmusic writers about how music has affected and influenced them, Cila Warncke speaks to our Irish writer Eoghan Lyng.

Nul Telexes

Kiefer Sutherland

Darren Aston photographs new indie/electronic duo Nul Telexes on a photo shoot in Liverpool.

Andrew Twambley photographs actor and now acclaimed country rock artist Kiefer Sutherland at a gig on a UK tour at the O2 Academy in Liverpool.

Elvis Costello

Andrew Twambley photographs Elvis Costello on his recent UK tour at the Blackpool Opera House.

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