"Of Yellow Fruit And Yellowcard" (Singapore)
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Writer Kurt Duvel comes face-to-face with a strange local fruit - and with an American pop-punk band on their farewell world tour - in the island nation of Singapore.
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"Earth Called The Comet" - A Night Orbiting Johnny Marr
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Writer Kurt Duvel was on the frontlines for Johnny Marr’s 52nd-and-final show of his Call The Comet tour. Here’s his account of the intimate send-off, seeing stars and guitars up close and personal.
Read More10 Album Covers. 10 Days. Some Story.
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Writer Kurt Duvel was recently tagged in a Facebook ‘challenge’ called "10 album covers. 10 days. No story." Here’s the story that he was instructed to leave out.
Read MoreBen Johnston: A Man Of Joy. Discovery. Invention.
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On the eve of Biffy Clyro’s first touring dates in South Africa, writer Kurt Duvel interviewed drummer Ben Johnston of the Scottish rock superstars, learning of the band’s challenges in the vocals department as young teens, what it’s like to meet Dave Grohl, and how they’re translating their latest double-concept album masterpiece Opposites to a live setting.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s Desert Rock Dynasty (Kuduchild & Red Huxley)
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Writer Kurt Duvel looks at two up-and-coming South African rock bands that have drawn inspiration from the Palm Desert Scene in California, and its particular brand of ‘desert rock’.
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