Andrew Olmsted

March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Killed in Iraq, this US soldier has his pals post his final blog from beyond the grave . . . very touching and quite funny. Click here.

The following review appears in the latest edition of London’s premier music ‘zine, London Tour Dates You can tell when Mishka Adams likes a song. A dire cover of Air’s ‘All I Need’ was smilelessly sung through clenched teeth while Pat Metheny’s ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ‘ was a real joy, sung with […]

10 Guitar Solos

March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

10 awesome standout guitar solos picked by someone who wasted a great deal of his teenage years in a tiny bedroom in Portsmouth with a Washburn Les Paul copy trying and failing to learn most of ’em. This is not a definitive list of the 10 best in the world and I’m aware it’s only […]

The following review appears in the latest edition of London’s premier music ‘zine, London Tour Dates Retuning instruments between songs is a pet hate of mine but in the name of chordal harmony I am oft prepared to swallow this unreasonable prejudice. Tweaking your strings during a song however, is surely beyond the pale. Seriously, […]