Andrew Curry

The ubiquitous Wizz Jones

Andrew Curry writes: We noticed a while back that the guitarist and singer Wizz Jones had celebrated his 85th birthday this year, and we mentioned it on our Facebook group. But we realised that we’d never written about him properly... Read more →


When people take notice: the Artist of the Week series so far

Colin Randall writes: Unlike the newspapers for which I have worked, on the staff or as a contributor, Salut! Live does not hold editorial conferences (nor, as you'll have noticed, does it publish a print edition). The three of us... Read more →


Song of the Day: Those Damn Roches

Andrew Curry writes: Over at our Facebook group, Linda Thompson is our Artist of the Week, partly to mark her recent release of Proxy Music. The songs are co-written by Thompson with a range of partners, including her son Teddy,... Read more →


John Mayall, godfather to the British blues boom

Andrew Curry writes: It’s astonishing, really, that the blues guitarist and bandleader John Mayall, who has just died, reached the age of 90. He had lived the life, playing and touring from the 1960s until the start of the 2020s.... Read more →


Nick Drake goes orchestral at the BBC Proms

Andrew Curry writes: The BBC Proms, a century old institution whose concerts run through the British summer, likes an anniversary. So last week, for one of their non-classical concerts, they marked the 50 years since the death of the singer... Read more →