NO PERSONA, ALL GRATA: A BELATED 50TH BIRTHDAY WIND BACK WEDNESDAY WITH PJ HARVEY
The great Polly Jean Harvey edged past 50 last week, with the only disappointing part of that being it didn’t come with a new record –...
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BERNARD ZUEL
MUSIC JOURNALIST
Jun 18, 2019
AIN’T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD: PJ HARVEY DELIVERS ANOTHER BLOW TO WIND BACK WEDNESDAY
Having been thrilled by Anna Calvi on Sunday night and been put in mind of another small frame/outsize impact Englishwoman with guitar...
Jan 23, 2017
THE MESMERISING HISTORY-NOW OF PJ HARVEY
PJ Harvey ICC Sydney Theatre, January 22 There are no coincidences with Polly Jean Harvey. What she offers on record and stage, in her...
Dec 28, 2016
A LOOK BACK AT 2016 PART 4: BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #11-20
It is a pretty good year when Nick Cave’s intense, deeply emotional – though never easily categorised as “sad” – and wholly satisfying...
Feb 22, 2015
50 YEARS. 50 SONGS. PART 2
The second half of the near impossible task of pulling 50 songs from 50 years. A mad idea, filled with frustrations at all the ones I...
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