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The new Michael Head And The Red Elastic Band album is musically a revolving door of styles and moods.

He’s a national treasure to many, with a remarkable songbook spanning more than 40 years. But after kicking heroin twice, he spiralled back into drinking – until an ardent fan saved his life

When Michael Head And The Red Elastic Band’s previous album Dear Scott reached No 6 in 2022, it finally put to rest NME’s classic front cover from 1999

Translated from Welsh to English, Iechyd Da stands for ‘good health’. A wry choice perhaps, as these extraordinarily moving songs are rooted in the downturn Bill Ryder-Jones’s mental health took during the COVID era’s enforced isolation.

<strong><br></strong>Ryder-Jones’s recent production experience comes to the fore on this wide-reaching album, making use of Motown, 60s pop and a children’s choir to find the light in the darkness<br>

When Bill Ryder-Jones began work on his sixth album, Iechyd Da, he set himself two goals. The first was to make it sound like the last three years of his

Bill Ryder-Jones, the former Coral frontman, continues an intimate, emotional exchange on his latest solo album

Dear Scott, I work in the swimming pool industry so, thankfully, I have plenty of muriatic acid to pour into my eyes when I read columns like this one. [“South Florida city fires lobbyist over Orlando Rep. Amesty’s request for $3 million“] I can’t imagine how much time you spent on this one. Thank you and the Sentinel for working so hard to expose these people. JJ Maybe we could use some of ...

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