An in-studio look at Frank Turner’s England Keep My Bones.
10 months ago on July 27, 2011 at 11:10pm
4Play Frank Turner documentary.
10 months ago on July 27, 2011 at 11:08pm
terribly sorry i’ve been a bit slack in updating this blog. i am going to bermuda for a week starting this sunday but i will resume posting when i get back!
have a great week!
jules xx
10 months ago on July 09, 2011 at 03:10am
- Interviewer: You’ve often expressed some very passionate views about the internet and the future of the music industry. What are your thoughts on the issue in 2011? What’s the solution to illegal downloading?
- Frank: I have some passionate views about it because it's my livelihood, my trade, that's being discussed. I find it mind-blowing that there are some people in bands who aren't exercised about the issue, in whatever direction. That seems negligent to me. The internet is here to stay and it's by no means a necessarily bad thing, in fact I think we could be in the middle of a restructuring of the music industry which will be beneficial to musicians and fans alike (which is, presumably, what we're all aiming for). In the short term though it's problematic because some people who work their fucking arses off bringing joy to other people get fucked over (by those same people) and that's an obvious injustice to me. In the long run I'm generally pretty optimistic.
10 months ago on July 09, 2011 at 03:09am
Official music video for ‘The Road’ from Poetry Of The Deed (2009)
10 months ago on July 09, 2011 at 03:09am
- Interviewer: Having put out quite a lot of records by now, do you feel that how you write songs has evolved over the years? How did the writing and recording process differ from “Poetry Of The Deed”, for example?
- Frank: I'd hope it has evolved, I mean, I don't have much interest in standing still creatively. My songwriting has, hopefully, improved with practice. It's also a little different playing with a set backing band now. I always wanted to have one but on early records it was a little theoretical. Now I know exactly who is playing what, and they contribute to some of the arrangements, so that changes things. "Poetry" we made as a self-consciously rock record. This time round I wanted things to be a little more stylistically varied.
11 months ago on July 04, 2011 at 09:21am
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Title: Isabel
Artist: Frank Turner
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Isabel — Frank Turner
11 months ago on July 04, 2011 at 09:21am
- Interviewer: Obviously you continue to be fully immersed in the punk community but tend to write more folk-influenced tunes. Which artists have inspired you the most throughout your years of making music?
- Frank: There are different people for different eras in my life really. The first band I fell in love with was Iron Maiden. Nirvana and then NOFX and then Black Flag were all hugely important to me. In later years I've been sat at the feet of Springsteen, Dylan, Neil Young and Loudon Wainwright III.
11 months ago on July 01, 2011 at 06:47pm
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Title: Faithful Son
Artist: Frank Turner
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Faithful Son — Frank Turner
11 months ago on July 01, 2011 at 06:44pm
It’s a celebration of the adolescent impulses that stay with us for the rest of our lives: that desire to get drunk, dance, kiss pretty girls and stay up too late. Whenever it gets deeper than that, people have missed the point.
Frank Turner on rock music
11 months ago on July 01, 2011 at 06:44pm
