A holding place for some of the journalism I’ve gathered over the years.
I once read the wonderful quote from Eli Wallach that “A compliment from the critics is like the hangman saying you have a pretty neck” and then there is of course “Never read your reviews, weigh them” Marion Zimmer Bradley.
So here in all their fullness is a selection of some of the times I wasn’t beheaded.
Once in a while, you find yourself alone in the house listening to new music and you hear something that knocks you for six, song after song after song. And you want to stop strangers in the street and play it to them. That’s the story of me and today & the new @samleesong album
Pete Paphides (journalists/DJ)
Sam Lee has brought the poetic magic that has long enchanted so many of his musical fans into the written word. Allow yourself to glimpse the world Sam sees, to be part of his love affair with the nightingale, and you will no doubt be delighted.
Lily Cole
An unmatched spring experience for folk fans, bird enthusiasts and all those in between.
The Times