‘Ain’t No Easy Way Out’

As 2008 draws to an end I’m wondering what 2009 holds. For me it’s been a year of musical highs and lows, for most of us it’s been the year that revealed the shallow and short-term nature of politics;

For those of you not familiar with The Dears, they hark from Montreal

The Hours: 1 December 2008, Ruby Lounge Manchester

There’s a new kid on the block.

Liverpool Echo Arena, May 2008
There are some of one’s favourite artists and songs that one

Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish band formed in 1979, “The rock band that changed the course of rock.

The Most Remarkable New Guitar In 50 Years.

In preparing for my day at V, I clicked onto the BBC Weather forecast to find a little round symbol depicting a day of rain and eventually sunshine. Now being an optimistic soul (you have to be as a photographer) I plumped for boots rather than wellies and lighter clothing rather than snow gear. As [...]

Here’s a flavour of the V Festival 19 & 20 August 2006.

My associates at Burn magazine covered the metallic Download 2006 leaving me to cocoon myself in the pop-rock of this year’s V Festival. Now between you and me I welcomed the opportunity, and primarily because Radiohead is the only great band I have not photographed [...]

The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed, The Book Of The Tour! limited to 2600 copies, each signed and numbered by author/photographer Ethan Russell.
In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and hoping to become a writer. His hobby was photography. A few years later he was one of [...]

Is there a story to be told in the tracks that you’ve picked a definitive timeline?