by Ian Andrew | Feb 20, 2018 | Music Albums, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland, SLF, Stiff Little Fingers
On 29 March 2017 Stiff Little Fingers arrived in Perth, Western Australia to play their first, stand-alone gig in the town. On the same evening, I had to fly out to the UK in preparation for the London Book Fair. I was ‘gutted’… I’d been a fan...
by Ian Andrew | Aug 2, 2015 | Memoir, Music, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland
My Dad could sing. I always knew he could, from faint recollections as a child, but he never sang as I progressed through my teenage years. He wasn’t the one to “give us a song” in get-togethers or parties. He should have been, for he was good....
by Ian Andrew | Aug 25, 2014 | Music Albums, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland, SLF, Stiff Little Fingers
Each to their own. I think I can write a bit and take the occasional good photo. I’m happy with that. I’m not as happy about the fact that I don’t have any musical ability. I’ve tried to play the blues harmonica and the Irish bodhrán. Obviously...
