Category : Graham Coxon

Bert Inspired: a Concert for Bert Jansch review – fond renditions and a lot of guitar tuning

Old Fruitmarket, GlasgowGraham Coxon, Bernard Butler and Robert Plant join a diverse, stellar lineup and pay handsome tribute to the guitar hero Jazz-folk veterans, Britpop pin-ups, classic rock icons, up-and-coming singer-songwriters – how many othe...

Graham Coxon: Bert Jansch's music is a great gift for everyone

Ahead of two tribute concerts this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting one of Britain’s greatest musiciansIt took me a while to fully appreciate Bert Jansch. Maybe because I associated him with terror for a num...

From Bat For Lashes to David Lynch: 10 years of Loud and Quiet magazine

To celebrate a decade of Loud and Quiet magazine, they’re throwing an exhibition of stellar rock photography. Editor Stuart Stubbs takes us through some of his favourite shots10 Years of Loud & Quiet magazine is at Oslo, Hackney from 23 October u...

All in the Downs review – a memorable Shirley Collins celebration

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAn emotional star-studded tribute to a folk legend, with a rare appearance by the singer herselfThis emotional concert featured a remarkable array of celebrities and one folk legend, who was celebrating her 80th birthday i...

Are we out of time? Damon Albarn carried off stage following five-hour set

Blur frontman’s show with Africa Express at Roskilde in Denmark lasted until 4am, and was only stopped once ‘Big Dave’ intervened Damon Albarn’s appearance at Roskilde music festival on 4 July ended with an intervention, when the Blur frontman refuse...

On my radar: Thea Gilmore’s cultural highlights

The singer-songwriter on the return of Blur, the loneliness in Edward Hopper’s paintings, BBC TV satire W1A and the inspirational atmosphere of LiverpoolSinger-songwriter Thea Gilmore grew up in Oxford before leaving home in her teens to work in a re...

Blur: The Magic Whip review – friends reunited for a beautiful comeback

Blur’s made-in-Hong-Kong album, their first for 12 years, overflows with lovely songs and touchingly reveals a band now happily reconciledThere are two kinds of band re-formation. The first is so compellingly straightforward that the “classic” bands...

Graham Coxon, Olivia Chaney, Alasdair Roberts and others: Shirley Inspired review – starry Shirley Collins tribute

(Earth Recordings)Fans of the remarkable English folk singer Shirley Collins will be well catered for by this weekend’s Record Store Day: Fledg’ling are rereleasing her gently compelling 1959 EP English Songs in its original version, while 34& very d...

Graham Coxon: Cruel Mother – hear his musical tribute to Shirley Collins

The Blur guitarist is one of the contributors to an album of songs associated with the great English folk singer to be released for Record Store Day. Have a listen and let us know what you thinkShirley Collins’s status as one of the great figures of...

Graham Coxon on the Blur reunion: ‘Pop doesn’t have to be a fleeting thing’

The former Britpop superstars surprised everyone by announcing their first album together for 16 years. Guitarist Graham Coxon explains how it began with a chance meeting in Hong Kong …When a big-name pop band gets back together after a long gap it s...