17 DECEMBER 2005, page 61

Festive Spirit

Stephen Pettitt E ach year the same thing happens. Each year we’re expected to suspend for a month the exercise of sound musical judgment as we’re engulfed, willingly or......

Musical Battleground

David Jennings I magine, if you will, the goody-two-shoes strains of Cliff Richard’s ‘Summer Holiday’ spliced with an old blues murder ballad. The rhythm and the backing are......