Difference and Repetition. 21 April 2013 Recently I’ve been thinking about music needlessly again, specifically about the importance of repetition and its varying functions in…
Record Store Day. 21 March 2013 Since 2008, sales of vinyl records in the UK have jumped from the million mark to just over five million. The resurgence in record sales…
Progression. 18 February 2013 "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?" It's a quandary whose true meaning resonates through the annals of time, back to the widely…
Scenius. 20 January 2013 My hometown of Portsmouth can only claim one vaguely famous musical son. Given the son in question is Joe Jackson, and he really came from…
Sheffield Participatory Arts Network. 19 December 2012 Drums draped in tinsel, limbs spiraling to the flow of entrancing rhythms. A circle of people is then consumed by unbounded zeal. Cherry…
Festival Fatigue. 18 November 2012 Monday morning after Glastonbury Festival. The clarity of chaos is almost beautiful, biblical in scale. A city-like community, nine months…
The Dying Art of Crate Digging. 21 October 2012 As music production becomes more and more accessible, and at a time when it seems music is at a crossroads between older, sample based…
The Discrete Charm of Sheffield Bach Society. 19 September 2012 Readers of Now Then might be forgiven for thinking Sheffield isn't exactly a hub for classical music. But as any good Sheffielder knows,…
Electronic Supper Club. 21 August 2012 Those of you who've kept your ears to the ground over the supposed summer in Sheffield will already have heard a bit about Electronic…
City Daydream Songs. 24 July 2012 You've all been there. You're in a public place, and one of your favourite songs starts to ooze out of invisible speakers. Your first…
