FILM – NICK CAVE’S ‘ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING’

Following the tragic death of his 15 year old son, Arthur, Nick Cave understandably became reluctant to face the media when releasing his 16th album with The Bad Seeds. He instead decided to commission a feature length preview film. Working once again with director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford) this largely […]
Towards the end of Amy, her idol Tony Bennett comments that she has one of the true voices and should be remembered in the same vain as Billie Holiday. This struck a sore point in me, clearly highlighting the difference in the way musicians were treated then to now. A review of Amy said that […]

AMY HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE NEED TO TREAT OUR MUSICIANS BETTER

FILM: ELLIOTT SMITH DOCUMENTARY ‘HEAVEN ADORES YOU’

– HOME, MANCHESTER – The inconclusive evidence surrounding Elliott Smith’s death makes for a compelling story. He died in 2003, at the age of 34, from two stab wounds to the chest. Whether the fatal injuries were self-inflicted is still up for debate, but you’ll be disappointed if you thought this documentary was about getting to the bottom of […]