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User Avatar of Stephen Pieper Stephen Pieper
· January 28, 2020 · 1 minute to read
‘Always finding nice things in a tragic situation’ - Robert Wyatt at 75
MILES ELLINGHAM meets the unique left-wing singer with his partner and muse Alfreda Benge at their Lincolnshire redoubt
Read: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/always-finding-nice-things-in-a-tragic-situation-robert-wyatt-75

My On This Day page reminded me that it’s Robert Wyatt’s birthday. Here’s a new interview with him in The Morning Star.

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User Avatar of Stephen Pieper Stephen Pieper
· September 12, 2019 · 0 minutes to read
North Sea Radio Orchestra: Folly Bololey (Dark Companion) by philfacelift
I suspect that for most people reading this blog, the words ‘Foley Bololey’ will be an instantly recognisable part of their own Canterbury lexicon in a similar way to  ‘Punkweed’ or the Octave Doctors. Robert Wyatt’s Learesque lyrics from which this snippet was take...
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User Avatar of Stephen Pieper Stephen Pieper
· April 3, 2018 · 1 minute to read
Old music: Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free by George Chesterton (the Guardian)
In which a hero of the English counterculture embraces the hedonistic disco of Chic, and plays a blinder

An old article that I missed. One of my favourite cover versions.

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Happy Birthday, Robert Wyatt

User Avatar of Stephen Pieper Stephen Pieper
· January 28, 2015 · 1 minute to read

Here he is singing a piece from one of my favourite albums of all time, Rock Bottom.

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Different every time…

User Avatar of Stephen Pieper Stephen Pieper
· November 3, 2014 · 1 minute to read

My copy of the new Robert Wyatt biography came with this beautiful, signed, bookplate attached.

robert wyatt - different every time

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