Caught by the Reaper – Rob Partridge
28 November 2008 // Remembrance
Tony Crean pays tribute to Rob Partridge, his dear friend and all round good guy, who passed away this week; Rob Partridge – A Good Man We all lost a friend this week when Rob Partridge finally finished his quietly epic battle with cancer on Wednesday morning 26th November. Rob was a man who loved [...]
Pleasures of… November – Kurt Jackson
Kurt Jackson tells us what dipped his float last month; Been having a ball on the River Avon between Bath and Bristol finishing a 5 year project following and painting the Avon from her source to the estuary at Avonmouth – that transition between green still rural lazy dreamyness to immense muddy industrial estuarine urbaness; [...]
Dancehall style
26 November 2008 // Books //Music
(Nitty Gritty in Jammy’s Yard) book and CD out now on Soul Jazz – available in the Caught By The River shop now! This definitive study of the 1980s Jamaican Dancehall scene features hundreds of exclusive photographs and accompanying text that captures a vibrant, globally influential and yet rarely documented culture that has been mixing [...]
On Demand or On Remand?
by Richard King; These last few months I’ve been talking to people who were at the happening end of music in the 80s & 90s. During the course of the conversations the subject of My Bloody Valentine’s summer reunion shows often came up. Unsurprisingly, given that equipment and fees have improved greatly since ’92, the [...]
Blog.
24 November 2008 // Miscellany
This piece doesn’t really go anywhere but we just got back from Norway with some photos that I wanted to post. It’s just a bit of a background story to why the fuck we were in Oslo and Trondheim this weekend (JB); I just got back from a couple of days in Norway where my [...]
(The Sound) Of Time and the City
21 November 2008 // Film/TV //Music
words by Roy Boulter photos by Bernard Fallon One of the joys of producing the much-praised Terence Davies feature film ‘Of Time And The City’ was the Director’s inspired choice of music for the film. I’d like to be able to claim an extensive knowledge of classical music, but the reality is I occasionally listen [...]
Caught By The Guardian
19 November 2008 // Miscellany
Friend of the River Ben Myers has written a great piece on us for the Guardian website today – click here to read. Feel free to add fuel and comment on the blog!
Caught By The Reaper – Edgar Holloway
19 November 2008 // Remembrance
Edgar Holloway who died this week was last surviving artist who was part of the etching revival of the 20s and 30s. On my 15th birthday in 1983, Edgar (who was my godfather) gave me one of his prints. ‘Rainy day in Scotland’ does what it says on the tin. The picture is dominated by [...]
Chris Yates “Out Of The Blue” special edition
18 November 2008 // Caught By...
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What We Waiting For? Let’s Get Stimulated!
18 November 2008 // Caught By...
With thanks to Perou for landing this one in NYC.
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