Ben Waters: From Upwey to the stars

For more than 25 years he’s travelled the world earning a crust playing boogie-woogie piano. Now Ben Waters is one of Britain’s most sought-after musicians, but with no obvious cultural or geographical connection to the United States’ Deep South, how did an underachieving schoolboy from Upwey in the early 1980s even get to hear the Read More…

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: reissues

Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman’s Call, No More Shall We Part Let’s be honest, Mute’s third set of Bad Seeds’ reissues is the one we’ve been a-waiting for. As great as the previous seven albums undoubtedly are, the real red meat of the matter is in these beautifully presented collector’s editions. Let Love Read More…