Category Archives: pj harvey

Birthday Boy

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft was born in Heswall on 30 August 1939, and would have been 71 today. He packed a hell of a lot into those 43 years on the radio (even though it looks like we’ll never get … Continue reading →

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Harvey’s Rabbit

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

Disappointment, scorching heat, loss, anger, heartbreak, vengeance…no, I’m not talking about the World Cup again, but rather the firebrand Polly Jean Harvey, who seems to excite almost universal fervour in the music press every time she releases something, and rarely, … Continue reading →

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The Tolpuddle Martyr

Posted on June 7, 2008 by

Dorset is a picturesque county in the south of England. Not the kind of place where vivid, tortured angst is engendered or pours forth on a regular basis. However, this is where Polly Jean Harvey grew up. Whether her songs … Continue reading →

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