Tag: Sam Duckworth

  • Ten Things We Learned At The Village Green Festival. 

    Ten Things We Learned At The Village Green Festival. 

    It’s in Essex, it’s about the size of the kid’s field at Glastonbury, and it only costs £15 to get in (take that, austerity Britain!) but this weekend 16,500 festival goers experienced a mellow, friendly atmosphere and saw some great bands at The Village Green in Chalkwell Park, near Southend on Sea.  Here’s what we…

  • Can You Use Spotify And Still Be An Ethical Music Buyer?

    Can You Use Spotify And Still Be An Ethical Music Buyer?

    Calls to control a growing internet menace has reached fever pitch this week. “Protect the vulnerable!” goes the cry. It’s a dirty, filthy business everyone is agreed. No, not the government’s crackdown on online pornography, but the far murkier issue of the music industry, and the question as to whether Spotify is its saviour, or…