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Rating: TOM ODELL: Monsters (Columbia) Verdict: Conquers its demons Young rock groups have been hit harder than most by the lockdowns of the past 16 months.  Not only have they been unable to tour regularly, they have also struggled to make records as they once did. Songwriting sessions have been confined to Zoom and even band meetings in the pub have been off the agenda. Irish quartet Inhaler are typical. They formed as teenagers at St Andrew's College in Dublin, and were one of my tips for 2020.  They expected to spend most of last summer winning new fans at festivals such as Glastonbur...

Barry Mason TRIBUTES have been paid to hit Lancashire-born songwriter Barry Mason who has died aged 85. Barry, who grew up in Coppull, helped launch the careers of Engelbert Humperdinck and Tom Jones, penning world famous hits like Delilah and The Last Waltz alongside his songwriting partner Les Reed. The pair also notched up a UK number one in 1968 with I Pretend for Des O’Connor with Barry also writing the lyrics for Edison Lighthouse’s 1970 chart-topper Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes). The Lancastrian went on to write Girl of Mine (1973) for Elvis Presley and composed sever...

Barry Mason, lyricist who had worldwide hits with Delilah and The Last Waltz – obituary He also wrote for Elvis Presley, and his fellow lyricist Tim Rice admired his talent for telling a life story in three minutes Barry Mason, left, with his collaborator Les Reed in the mid-1960s Credit:  Pictorial Press/Alamy Barry Mason, the songwriter, who has died aged 85, channelled micro-dramas of love and loss in the lyrics to a string of pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, notably The Last Waltz and Delilah. With music by his early collaborator Les Reed, The Last Waltz was one of three songs complete...