WHEN it comes to elegantly played stride guitar, few can match the picking of Larry Johnson, viewed as the elder statesman of the authentic country blues tradition. Johnson is rooted in the south-eastern American states, playing a style that has always
HOW we laughed as we mockingly messed about with the lyrics or song titles of Glen Campbell's middle-of-the-road hits such as Nine Stone Cowboy (Rhinestone Cowboy) and I Am Linesman At Notts County (Witchita Lineman). That was 30 plus years ago and youthful
SCHOOL leavers in Ryedale with one or two A-levels or equivalent, are being offered the chance to earn £10,000 a year as they study to become the managers of tomorrow's horticultural industry under a new scheme. Recruits to the newly- formed Horticultural
IRISH singer-songwriter Luka Bloom, acoustic guitar in hand, explores the interior life in his latest independent album. All 11 tracks celebrate life while leaning towards the reflective and spiritual. Love Is A Place I Dream Of is dedicated to Christina
BOASTING as simple and unaffected a sound as a summer breeze, the Alice Band are a cosmopolitan bunch. Three girls - from Florida, Dublin and Glasgow - merge their voices and instruments into a bubbling cocktail reminiscent of early 90s Beach Boys and
GET in the mood for late nights with this addictive debut from the 22-year-old Texas-raised singer-songwriter. Jones's voice is best described as a smoky jazz base filtered with country/folk and calls to mind a musical namesake, Rickie Lee Jones, particularly
ONE Dove flew off to who knows where, after one blissful album of chilled dub pop, then one long disappearance into a Dot on the horizon. Serene siren Dot Allison returned in 1999 with the sunset musings of the slow-burning Afterglow, and now the Scot's
IT'S been nine years since the last splash made by The Breeders, when the single Cannonball blasted its way into the charts and on to the dancefloor. The 1993 incarnation of former Pixie Kim Deal and sister Kelley's band had an infectious sound. Fast
DOWN are billed as "rock's premier underground supergroup" - isn't that a bit of a contradiction in terms? If the title alludes to spring cleaning the music scene (or anything else), who is the May Queen? The band contains members of Pantera, Corrosion
YORN. Another sensitive male singer songwriter. The scion of record company people, the 27-year-old American could choose from 400 completed songs for this, his major label debut. Like his illustrious forebears Big Star, Yorn looks to our island state
ONLY their seventh studio album in 17 years, the Norwegian trio continue in the mature pop mode of their 2000 release, Minor Earth Major Sky, only with considerably less success. Lifelines, the opening track, is sprightly enough, lifted heavenward by
Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto last worked together in the summer of 1976, recording the Buzzcocks' classic punk EP, Spiral Scratch. The music was faster and more aggressive then, but slightly slower second time around. Musically this is a million miles
RICHARD Dawson returned to the county where he developed his bowling as a student and spun Devon to destruction in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy at Exmouth yesterday. Dawson, who played several games for Devon while studying at Exeter University
THE sight would warm the cockles of the ancient mariner. With her 22 cannon shining, square-rigger the Grand Turk sailed into Whitby last night. With the castle in the background, this is a scene hardly changed by time. Looking at our photograph, it does
WITH property prices heading for the stratosphere, many younger people setting up home on their own are going to have to move into private rented accommodation - at least to begin with. But just as there are plenty of pitfalls to beware of when buying
YORK City chairman John Batchelor today appointed a new director to the board of the football club. Nick Townend, 42, managing director of Northcross, is the second new director invited to join City by Batchelor after Ian McAndrew was unveiled earlier
IT was the height of hippie, trippy flower power in 1967 when The Moody Blues had a smash hit with Nights In White Satin. They didn't know it then but it would be one of their first steps into rock's Hall Of Fame. Three years earlier the band tasted success
A MONSTER of an album - an obvious clich for this band, but true. After more than 25 years in the business, there's plenty of material to pick from, but they have managed to balance old and new with material taken from their third Rock in Rio show. And
ALTHOUGH the institution that is Cream celebrates a decade in dance this year, by the millennium it had clearly outgrown its Liverpool roots, establishing a world empire of property, events, and associated DJs. The first of these latest compilations,
Few French producers have been as influential as Etienne de Crecy in the last decade. He contributed to the rise of Air, influenced Daft Punk, and consistently released classic tracks which led the Parisian wave. The Super Discount project, a compilation
In a climate of throwaway synthetic pop, it is remarkable that an act can comfortably release a string of successful tunes without ever producing a complete album. London house trio X-Press 2, formed by Ashley Beedle and fellow DJs Rocky and Diesel in
A CAMPAIGNER who is urging planners to make York's Castle car park open land wanted to put up a large reflective glass cylinder on the site only four years ago, it has emerged. Philip Crowe, who heads York Tomorrow which opposes Land Securities' proposed
SOME time ago - March 23, 2000 to be precise - this column spotted a gap in the market for a new line in spectacles. So that day saw the launch of Dr Cole's Sensible Perspective Lenses. Once worn, the manufacturer promised, the world will seem a saner
I WENT to the "Euro - Good For Britain?" debate in Rotherham last week. With excellent speakers putting both sides of the issue, the debate was chaired by the editor of the local newspaper and about 150 people came along to hear the arguments and respond
HOW I admire Raymond Barry's stamina in enduring York District Hospital's muzak-laden physiotherapy for more than a year (May 24). I gave up after a one-hour (or was it half-hour) session. Going private cost £40 an hour but was worth every penny to escape
A MAJOR rugby league roadshow to promote the forthcoming York Nines event is set to scrum down on the city centre streets - and it could well give the 'Keep Wasps Buzzing' campaign a boost. The original idea of the roadshow, which is planned for some
POCKLINGTON RUFC's mini-rugby section's end-of-season barbecue and presentation day enabled coaches and officials to reflect on a successful campaign for the club's youngsters. The youngest side, the Under-7/Under-8s had an excellent season, winning most
THORPE Willoughby cast aside their dismal league form to defeat their opponents from the higher first division, Ovington, in the first round of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup. They lost a couple of early wickets to Ian Holmes but were pulled round by
North Yorkshire ace Simon Dyson was quickly into his swing after a birdie blitz at the Victor Chandler British Masters today. Dyson, who plays out of Malton and Norton GC, has been in a mixed vein of form of late, but he showed the talents he does have
YORK City Supporters' Trust members have less than seven days to register their vote in the ballot to elect the new board of the fans' body. Some 25 candidates are standing for election with voters having until 5pm next Wednesday, June 5, to return their
STATION and clerical staff at a rail union have rejected a "final offer" from Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) to come off the picket line. Arriva staff, represented by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA), have turned down a four per cent offer
YOUNG readers from York will get a major boost when the city's Labour MP Hugh Bayley opens a new children's library. The City of York Council facility, in Tang Hall, boasts a wide range of books and has an underwater theme. The library is an extension
SOCIAL services staff in York and East Yorkshire have won high marks for their work under the Government's new, "tougher" way of measuring performance. Under a star-based system of assessing performance, York's social services have won two out of a possible
A MEMORIAL service to mark the tenth anniversary of Special Constable Glenn Goodman's death will be held in North Yorkshire next week. The service to celebrate his life will take place at noon on Friday, June 7 - exactly ten years to the day since Glenn
FINAL preparations are being completed for the WaspAid 2002 gig at the Barbican, which is being staged in aid of the proposed new rugby league club in York on Saturday. The nine bands to play on the main stage and the ten more who will play on the specially
THIS is an important and long-awaited release, Barker's first album in five years, with a new band and on a new label. Instead of the usual tune-solos-tune format, Soundtrack has a through-composed ensemble linking the solo passages. A highlight is a
City of York Council's policy on car parks is killing trade in the city centre, it has been claimed. We invited a council representative and an opponent of its policies to argue the case YES...says Bill Woolley, City of York Council's assistant director
SHE'S certainly brave, Lauryn Hill. She could easily have built a safe commercial career on her profile as singer in pop-rap hit makers The Fugees. While her former colleague Wyclef Jean is content to clown around in the top 40, Hill is a troubled, serious
LULU is Britain's greatest soul singer, and probably the greatest living white soul voice. This fact is overlooked because Lulu has forged a career in so many directions. Indeed, there aren't many who can claim to have worked with Jimi Hendrix, Ernie
Petula Clark obviously enjoys singing, and moving with the times, as this album demonstrates perfectly. Disc One has all the hits, everything from Suddenly There's A Valley from 1955 to the early 1970s, including all the fabulous Sixties pop of Don't
RONAN Keating is the hard-hearted businessman as much as the heart-breaking boy-band graduate with the happy family. No drugs blow-out in the Icarus manner of Robbie Williams; instead he masterminded the rise of Westlife's magnolia melancholia, easing
DOMINIC Kirwan has always known just which songs his fans prefer and his move to a new label gives rise to another potential best-selling album. This CD boasts 16 newly recorded tracks in Nashville - but only one is a country track, He Stopped Loving
He may not have recorded anything particularly special for a good decade or so, but I am still impressed when Michael Jackson lends his talents to another artist. It's a token of endorsement, a sign of creditability. Or so it should be but unfortunately
THE Government has defended its controversial contiguous cull policy, claiming the slaughter of millions of animals had been "proportionate" to the scale of the foot and mouth crisis. Farming ministers imposed the culling of animals on farms next to premises
ON May 25, Charles Marwood held what was the first sale of pedigree sheep in the country since the end of the foot and mouth crisis. Progeny of the noted stock ram Westonvale Jubilee were in demand at what was the second production sale from the Foulrice
FOOTBALL fans returning from the World Cup could face checks to prevent a further foot and mouth crisis, Tony Blair has indicated. The Prime Minister pledged to look at "what measures are necessary" to reduce the risk of bringing the disease into the
THE world's first wood-fuelled power station - hailed as a buyer of farm coppice wood - now nearing completion near Selby, has hit more problems. The £30m plant at Eggborough is already more than two years behind schedule following "difficulties" with
THE National Union of Farmers has signalled its approval for a new Government initiative to crack down on smuggling. For the first time, the power to inspect personal baggage will be given to environmental health enforcement officers in an effort to clamp
LANDOWNERS are being invited to provide the names of countryside carers. Those who have looked after the countryside's rivers, moorland and open spaces for more than 40 years will be presented with a long service award. The Country Land and Business Association
TIME To Fall is the second solo album by Karen Matheson, lead singer with Celtic supergroup Capercaillie. Diversity is Matheson's watchword as she sings two Gaelic songs, a traditional composition by Robbie Burns and calls on the songwriting talents of
IT'S not often a band can transfer the energy and urgency of a live performance to a studio album. But Surrey five-piece Hundred Reasons - guided by Marilyn Manson producer Dave Sardy - have managed it here. Ideas Above Our Station - great title - is
GRANT-Lee Phillips was Grant Lee Buffalo, but after four albums it was goodbye to his band and major label. The acoustic, Internet-only release Ladies Love Oracle came and went and now Phillips is ready to Mobilize, hence his Napoleon get-up on the CD
VAN Morrison keeps on going, chugging out his Irish take on rhythm and blues, jazz, skiffle and soul, all put through his own sometimes glorious glower. He couldn't make a bad album if he tried, but he doesn't always make good ones either. Down The Road
A CAMPAIGNER who is urging planners to turn York's Castle car park into open land wanted to put up a large reflective glass cylinder on the site only four years ago, it has emerged. Philip Crowe, who heads York Tomorrow which opposes Land Securities'
TODAY the Evening Press urges readers to have their say on the future of York's car parks. We want you to contact us and let us know your views after we revealed how the city centre could lose more than 1,000 parking spaces. Up to eight city centre car
TEN years have passed since the peace of a North Yorkshire Sunday morning was shattered by murderous gunfire. The shocking events on the A64 that day are burned into our collective consciousness, making it hard to believe so much time has elapsed. The
SOME bands seem destined to play out their careers along low-profile lines. With some, it's understandable, with others, puzzling. Despite their biggest hit, the classic Slight Return, reaching Number 2 in the charts, and a string of great songs thereafter
Wilco closed their third album, 1999's Summerteeth, with In A Future Age, a hint of change to come for Jeff Tweedy's left-field Illinois band. There followed a winter of discontent with Reprise Records, who so disliked the change, they deemed the gloomy
I READ with some concern reports on increasing instances of tummy bugs, viruses and food poisoning. Having been on the receiving end of some of these I am painfully aware of the effects and potential repercussions. Many years ago I qualified in domestic
In response to the letters of Mrs C. Kett and E. Howard (Evening Press, May 23), how very misguided you both are. Mrs Kett points out that 'children are merely miniature humans'. Well if you bother to read what is going on around you, you will see that
HOW many children have to die before the practice of taking children out of school on so-called educational trips is forbidden? Perhaps everybody is waiting for the death of the child of someone important such as a minister of education or a Prime Minister
THE monks and the Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey recorded these two discs, apparently privately, in 1996-7. Some marketing whiz has now hit on a 'cool' title as pretext for rescuing them from oblivion and persuaded Virgin to pick up the tab. Half the
TOLLERTON Outlaws showed little respect for Bishopthorpe attack as Pete Clark and Tony Raper both scored half-centuries in a first-wicket partnership of 113 in their Scothern Construction Cup first round tie, writes John Parkin. Derrick Slack slowed things
Ian Fisher, of Otley, won the third race in Harrogate Evening Road Race League, held at Starbeck over an undulating course of just under six miles and hosted by Nidd Valley Road Runners. Fisher's winning time was 29min 55sec. Second was Eric Williams
HOLGATE maintained their unbeaten record in the Persimmon Homes/Ideal Standard Bowls League after a close encounter with nearest challengers Haxby Road. In the early stages, Mick Parker's rink trailed Frank Turner's Haxby Road four by 15 shots, but by
Aimee's Delight, who was beaten by a whisker on her debut, is strongly fancied to win at Catterick tomorrow. The James Given-trained two-year-old lines-up for the Stapleton Maiden Auction Fillies' Stakes and will have the assistance of evergreen veteran
POCKLINGTON RUFC's mini-rugby section's end-of-season barbecue and presentation day enabled coaches and officials to reflect on a successful campaign for the club's youngsters. The youngest side, the Under-7/Under-8s had an excellent season, winning most
THESE stolen items were recovered by police following a raid on a house in the Foxwood area of York. Officers believe the haul may be traced to a number of shed and garage burglaries which have taken place in the area recently. Owners of the property
TOLLERTON Outlaws showed little respect for Bishopthorpe attack as Pete Clark and Tony Raper both scored half-centuries in a first-wicket partnership of 113 in their Scothern Construction Cup first round tie, writes John Parkin. Derrick Slack slowed things
A YORK football fan took an early holiday so he'd be back in time to watch the World Cup on television - and missed out on a dream trip to see England play Sweden this Sunday. Mark Wakelam could not believe his luck when he returned from a holiday to
YORK is now fully in the fast lane of the e-commerce super-highway - and the city's once-disgruntled businesses can look forward to increased turnover. The good news that the city is now fully broadband-enabled was relayed today by a top BT official to
YORK City chairman John Batchelor today appointed a new director to the board of the football club. Nick Townend, managing director of Northcross Ideas, is the second new director invited to join City by Batchelor after Ian McAndrew was unveiled earlier
A YORK motorist who put children's lives at risk when he flouted a four-year motoring ban to go on a school run has escaped being locked up for the second time. Robert Howard Lawson, 35, could easily have walked his daughter to class because he lived
A WORLD-famous and much-loved replica warship has sailed back into a North Yorkshire seaside town. The Grand Turk, which first achieved international fame when it starred in the hit TV series Hornblower, has docked at Whitby. Since then a string of appearances
DROP-in sessions to tackle alcohol problems are to be launched in Selby area schools, the Evening Press can reveal today. The pilot project will be launched at Tadcaster Grammar School on Monday, June 10, in a bid to stem the escalating problem of under-age
A WOMAN whose life has encompassed Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and two world wars, is celebrating her 105th birthday. Caroline Goss, a resident at Somerset Nursing Home, Wheldrake, has six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild
RICHARD Dawson returned to the county where he developed his bowling as a student and spun Devon to destruction in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy at Exmouth yesterday. Dawson, who played several games for Devon while studying at Exeter University
THE Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, today invited York residents to join him at a special Minster service where he will lead Golden Jubilee tributes to the Queen. The service will take place in the Minster on Sunday. Everyone should be seated by 3.45
THE heartbroken parents of a Knaresborough teenager killed in a car accident say they have been left stunned by their daughter's death. Eighteen-year-old Katie Emmott, from Windsor Lane, died along with Sam Furness, from Bakewell, Derbyshire, when their
Evening Press reporter Rosslyn Brennan was among the packed audience in Huntington Stadium for the crisis meeting of York Wasps' supporters and gives her impressions THE meeting of York Wasps' supporters was always going to be an unknown quantity. As
POLICE were summoned by town councillors after their former clerk refused to leave a public meeting of which he was the subject. Officers were called to Pocklington's civic arts centre after the ex-town clerk, Martin Layton, tried to attend a meeting
THE price of lamb this Spring has been so erratic as to put any self-respecting producer off his mint sauce for a month. At one stage, the market plummeted to 115-120p/kilo making many of us rethink our early lambing programmes with the late-night shift
THE man leading the charge to get York back into the Rugby Football League is 99.9 per cent sure the bid to return to the promised land will be successful. Indeed, Steve Ferres is so confident York can succeed in professional rugby league that he turned
