Ben Watt, formerly of Everything But The Girl, producer/DJ and solo artist (hear two of his tracks on this week’s playlist …..), label head and author has a new album due in early 2020. A single, from that album, Sunlight Follows The Night, has a filmclip by filmmaker Rahim Moledina. Five years ago, after a long break from being a singer/songwriter, he released a new album which was a companion piece to his second book, this one about his parents – and in its way, about him t

Pic by Edward Bishop This interview, fresh and tasty from but days ago, completes a week dedicated to the former Everything But The Girl and Marine Girls member, author and columnist – begun with a review of her new album HERE, and featuring an appearance in Wind Back Wednesday from a chat in 2007 HERE. Best of times? Worst of times. Whatever they are, the times may suit me says Tracey Thorn,. If you’re going to release an album of what you call “feminist bangers” - songs abo

In the middle of a week dedicated to Tracey Thorn (read the review of her new album Record here, and come back on Friday for a new interview with the English singer/songwriter/author) Wind Back Wednesday returns to 2007 as Thorn emerged with her first solo album in 25 years. “I need to set myself a challenge,” she told me. TALKING EVERYTHING, AND THE GIRL Tracey Thorn never loved the limelight during 16 years with Everything But The Girl. As the English duo, who met at univer

This week has a featured artist in Tracey Thorn. Today a review of her new album, on Wednesday a jump back to an interview with her more than a decade ago when she returned to making music, and on Friday a fresh interview with her about how Record is the feminist dance pop album with a Leonard Cohen reference for our time. Indulge. TRACEY THORN Record (Caroline) To matters socio-political, domestic, sexual, age-related and familial soon – for Tracey Thorn’s new album is brimm

A weekend of playing Everything But The Girl albums prompted a search through the files for this interview with the band’s Ben Watt (watch out in the near future for an interview with the other half of the band, Tracy Thorn) from 1997 as they prepared for an Australian tour. Seven albums into a career which seemed to find ceiling when they wanted to soar and open skies when all they wanted was to hide, Everything But The Girl (aka Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn) send a gently rhyt