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I am a writer and journalist focusing on music and local music scenes, although I will scribble down my thoughts about any cultural happenings that spark my interest. My work can be found on Sleeve Magazine, Boot Music, and the Splice Magazine.
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Music Writings
On the loss of another loved Liverpool music venue By Sam Horsfield On a groggy Sunday morning on the 2nd of November, the sun just about beginning to creep up, Zanzibar closed its doors for the final time.
by Sam Horsfield A five-piece jazz band crams in a sweaty New York subway station, playing to a different audience every ten seconds.
For nearly half a decade, The Leadmill has served as a vital organ keeping Sheffield's iconic music scene alive. The building that became the Leadmill is no stranger to change and adaptation. Once a derelict flour mill, it became the Esquire in the 1960s, putting on a host of legendary acts, including Jimi Hendrix, and the Small Faces.
At the heart of Manchester's student bubble, the hustle and bustle of the Saturday night goers-out became a battery, generating an electrical buzz in the air that quickly infected those who were awaiting the coming NewDad gig, the doors to which were to open imminently.
With April confirming our escape from a blisteringly cold Winter, Cambridge-hailing Black Country, New Road placed the cherry on top of the cake with their new, long awaited 'Forever Howlong'. Their first studio album since the departure of former frontman Isaac Wood, 'Forever Howlong' pursues the Baroque, Folk-Rock sound the band established in their 2023 live album at Bush Hall.
"It's not revolutionary, but it is the ordinary done exceptionally well - and that, in itself, is worthy of praise."
How strange, I thought, that a sunflower could generate a sort of space-age nostalgia for an extraterrestrial future I had never seen.
Other Writings
By Sam Horsfield Steve McQueen's 'Grenfell' begins from above, sailing the audience through the air over green pastures, intermittently passing congregations of suburban houses. The sky is blue and the scene is pretty, a stark contrast to what is to come.
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