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Post image for Monica Ward keeps Bez and Domino Bones from toppling

“Stand up Windsor!” shouted Bez as he began ranting like a pill-popping preacher. At the same time Ward was using that instrument of hers to great effect, splicing together the songs in a chaotic rollercoaster ride of an arrangement.

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Goodbye nine, hello ten.

by Duncan Gordon

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Sound-hound Duncan Gordon looks back at the bands that made 2009 and forward to 2010 to see what will be blowing your ears clean off your head in the months to come.

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Matt Beaumont e2 Book Jacket

To a small dash of political spin and verbal thuggery, with a sprinkle of shallow self-absorption and image obsession (think Ugly Betty and The Thick of It), add a bowlful of clever writing, razor sharp humour, and precise comic timing, and the end result is E2, a 21st century, electronic-age satire.

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Rick Wakeman – reviewed

by Carol Dixon-Smith

Carol Dixon-Smith

Imagine meeting up with an old friend after many years and being regaled with stories of what they’ve been up to all this time. Reading Rick’s reminiscences is like sitting in the pub with a mate who tells a great yarn exceptionally well.

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Joanna seems to shine brightest when she is performing dance routines using literal translations of songs

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Hot Gear And Bear Woman

by Andy Sylvester

the downside to this incessant delivery, of course, is the difficulty of getting your breath back having laughed solidly for an hour

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