Posted by Andrew Soar on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Etta James, who has died aged 73 after suffering from leukaemia, was among the most critically acclaimed and influential female singers of the past 50 years, even if she never achieved huge popular success. From her first R&B hit, in 1955, the risqué Roll With Me Henry – cut when she was only 15 – … Read more
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Posted by Andrew Soar on April 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Last night me and the gang that is the United Colours of Benneton reject models from 1999, headed to Shoreditch’s relatively new late night haunt, NightJar. Hidden away from all the Essex invasion that seems to have hit East London’s ‘trendy’ area of choice, NighJar offers a quaint, but beautifully decked out cocktail bar and … Read more
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