BP Fallon

TONIGHT IN TEXAS AT SXSW! BP Fallon and his band are Special Guests at the Rajiworld-presented Victoria Williams Sweet Relief benefit at Jovita’s, 1619 First Street, Austin, TX. They take the stage at 6.30pm, after Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s and the Michael Des Barres truth revue. By Jennifer Brandon: Now BP Fallon. Where do I even begin? A small, wee Irishman with shining skin, a mischievous smile, armed with a notebook of intense lyrical poems on the direction of pop culture and commentary on what’s happened to rock’n’roll. Flanked by Blondie’s rhythm section (Clem Burke on drums and Nigel […]

THE OZONE: AN ANTISOCIAL DIARY By Olaf Tyaransen The Evening Herald Monday Back in the daze before OZone became a respected, feared and smart-arsed Herald columnist, my main gig was as a respected, feared and smart-arsed rock journalist. So it was with much interest that I picked up veteran NME scribe Nick Kent’s just published memoir of the 1970s, Apathy for the Devil (the title coming from a sneered comment by Bob Dylan when asked for his opinion on the Rolling Stones’ mid-70s career). I’ve never met Kent, but I’ve always liked his writing. Legendary Irish rock guru BP Fallon, […]

Jack White is having Texas-sized 45s of all the singles released on his Third Man Records label pressed up to be exclusively on sale at the Third Man Record’s pop-up shop at SXSW in Austin. Thus BP Fallon’s ‘Fame #9’ 7″ 45 will now also be a proud 8″ of circular black vinyl. Third Man Records LPs will be available as Texas-sized 13″ platters. Says BP: “It’s all beyond amazing. I mean, to be on the same label as Wanda Jackson and Karen Elson, apart from all the other benign boogaloo…”

Robert Plant & BP Fallon & evidence, Abbey Road recording studios London Feb 25 2010 Robert Plant was singing at Abbey Road studios in London in aid of Cancer Research, the charity driven by Bob Harris who once had cancer. It was an amazing evening. Over £200,000 was raised. Full review here of an extraordinary night from the Led Zeppelin magazine ‘Tight But Loose’ by the editor Dave Lewis Robert Plant, after singing with a 76-voice choir – singing the Scott Walker opus ‘Farmer In The City’ and then ‘I Bid You Goodnight’ from The Incredible String Band’s ‘A Very […]