Jeremy Blackmore
@jeremyblackmore.bsky.social
Freelance journalist writing about music, arts, culture and county / international cricket. Beatles fan. Christian. Love history, nature, sci fi & kindness. https://jeremyblackmorewriter.journoportfolio.com/ 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Jeremy Blackmore
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Hi new followers, I’m a journalist following my twin loves of music & cricket. I write regularly for Stereoboard & pen culture deep dives for The New European. Anything involving the #Beatles always sparks my interest but I champion lots of new music too jeremyblackmorewriter.journoportfolio.com 1/2
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Read my 5 star @stereoboard.com review of Skullcrusher's sophomore album, gorgeous, shimmering folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. This dreamscape perfectly captures the mood of the writing, exploring memories & dreams where those we mourn still reside. www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Skullcrusher - And Your Song Is Like A Circle (Album Review) - Stereoboard
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Skullcrusher’s ‘And Your Song Is Like A Circle’ is a gorgeous, shimmering slice of folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. With songs built around elegant piano and acoustic guitar, ...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Read my 5 star @stereoboard.com review of Skullcrusher's sophomore album, gorgeous, shimmering folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. This dreamscape perfectly captures the mood of the writing, exploring memories & dreams where those we mourn still reside. www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Latest news on the county cricket 2026 fixture list - T20 fixtures are due to be announced on Tuesday 25 November and the County Championship and One Day Cup fixtures on Friday 28 November. Suddenly summer doesn't seem as far away! #countycricket
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Latest news on the county cricket 2026 fixture list - T20 fixtures are due to be announced on Tuesday 25 November and the County Championship and One Day Cup fixtures on Friday 28 November. Suddenly summer doesn't seem as far away! #countycricket
@nportnell.bsky.social I think you're a big fan of this album too, Nick?
Read my 5 star @stereoboard.com review of Skullcrusher's sophomore album, gorgeous, shimmering folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. This dreamscape perfectly captures the mood of the writing, exploring memories & dreams where those we mourn still reside. www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Skullcrusher - And Your Song Is Like A Circle (Album Review) - Stereoboard
Photo: Adam Alonzo
Skullcrusher’s ‘And Your Song Is Like A Circle’ is a gorgeous, shimmering slice of folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. With songs built around elegant piano and acoustic guitar, ...
www.stereoboard.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@nportnell.bsky.social I think you're a big fan of this album too, Nick?
So sorry to hear that Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and long-time member of Jools Holland's Big Band, has passed. A brilliant drummer who was intrinsic to Squeeze's heyday & mid eighties resurgence. The third drummer from that great new wave era to leave this year after Rick Buckler and Clem Burke.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So sorry to hear that Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and long-time member of Jools Holland's Big Band, has passed. A brilliant drummer who was intrinsic to Squeeze's heyday & mid eighties resurgence. The third drummer from that great new wave era to leave this year after Rick Buckler and Clem Burke.
Read my 5 star @stereoboard.com review of Skullcrusher's sophomore album, gorgeous, shimmering folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. This dreamscape perfectly captures the mood of the writing, exploring memories & dreams where those we mourn still reside. www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Skullcrusher - And Your Song Is Like A Circle (Album Review) - Stereoboard
Photo: Adam Alonzo
Skullcrusher’s ‘And Your Song Is Like A Circle’ is a gorgeous, shimmering slice of folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. With songs built around elegant piano and acoustic guitar, ...
www.stereoboard.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Read my 5 star @stereoboard.com review of Skullcrusher's sophomore album, gorgeous, shimmering folk with layered, ghostly harmonies. This dreamscape perfectly captures the mood of the writing, exploring memories & dreams where those we mourn still reside. www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Wonderful to read that film material from The Terry Jones Archive has been donated by Terry's family to the BFI National Archive for preservation. The collection includes Terry’s personal 16mm copies of the Python movies, a 35mm print of his adaptation of The Wind in the Willows & early BBC sketches
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wonderful to read that film material from The Terry Jones Archive has been donated by Terry's family to the BFI National Archive for preservation. The collection includes Terry’s personal 16mm copies of the Python movies, a 35mm print of his adaptation of The Wind in the Willows & early BBC sketches
Absolutely horrific news from my local train station tonight. The only blessing is that the station is literally just a couple of minutes away from the local hospital. Thoughts with everyone affected.
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Absolutely horrific news from my local train station tonight. The only blessing is that the station is literally just a couple of minutes away from the local hospital. Thoughts with everyone affected.
Meant to post this last night. One that always makes me laugh. 🎃 youtu.be/XuOnlWK9Vkw?...
The First Guy To Ever Trick or Treat
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November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Meant to post this last night. One that always makes me laugh. 🎃 youtu.be/XuOnlWK9Vkw?...
An uncompromising, unflinching, confessional record with menacing, fuzzy, scratchy guitars - my review for @stereoboard.com of LOTTO, the new album from Philadelphia shoegaze experimenters They Are Gutting A Body Of Water: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water - Lotto (Album Review) - Stereoboard
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After flirting with electronics and ambient sounds, experimental Philadelphia shoegazers They Are Gutting a Body of Water go back to basics on ‘Lotto’, their fourth studio album...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An uncompromising, unflinching, confessional record with menacing, fuzzy, scratchy guitars - my review for @stereoboard.com of LOTTO, the new album from Philadelphia shoegaze experimenters They Are Gutting A Body Of Water: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Really enjoyed chatting with @chrischibnall.bsky.social, creator of Broadchurch & former Doctor Who showrunner, about his excellent debut crime novel Death At The White Hart. Set in contemporary Dorset, it’s highly recommended for whodunnit fans. Read my interview in The Dorset Magazine out today.
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Really enjoyed chatting with @chrischibnall.bsky.social, creator of Broadchurch & former Doctor Who showrunner, about his excellent debut crime novel Death At The White Hart. Set in contemporary Dorset, it’s highly recommended for whodunnit fans. Read my interview in The Dorset Magazine out today.
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Chatting Trump, Musk and the radicalisation of the right with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Chatting Trump, Musk and the radicalisation of the right with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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Enjoyed chatting to Eric Pulido of Midlake today about 20 years of music making and their stunning new psych folk album ‘A Bridge To Far’ (released 7 Nov). It’s good to see the band continuing to thrive and evolve in the post Tim Smith era.
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The official Midlake website. The new album "A Bridge To Far" out November 7th, 2025. Listen to new single 'The Ghouls' now.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Enjoyed chatting to Eric Pulido of Midlake today about 20 years of music making and their stunning new psych folk album ‘A Bridge To Far’ (released 7 Nov). It’s good to see the band continuing to thrive and evolve in the post Tim Smith era.
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Left my PC for an hour and came back to this screen. It’s been working fine all day. I’ve run the system diagnostics it suggests and everything’s passed. Any suggestions welcome please! Everything is backed up in the cloud fortunately! Thanks.
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Left my PC for an hour and came back to this screen. It’s been working fine all day. I’ve run the system diagnostics it suggests and everything’s passed. Any suggestions welcome please! Everything is backed up in the cloud fortunately! Thanks.
Raw and stripped back in a way that's even more intimate than her previous work with stunning vocal performances, channelling Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' - my review of Madi Diaz's new album 'Fatal Optimist' for @stereoboard.com www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Madi Diaz - Fatal Optimist (Album Review) - Stereoboard
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Last year represented a career high for Madi Diaz. Her sixth studio album ‘Weird Faith’ received two Grammy nominations as she enjoyed a higher profile after opening for Harry Sty...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Raw and stripped back in a way that's even more intimate than her previous work with stunning vocal performances, channelling Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' - my review of Madi Diaz's new album 'Fatal Optimist' for @stereoboard.com www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
This weekend's listening homework for album reviews / features: new releases from Skullrusher, Madi Diaz and They Are Gutting A Body of Water (all available now) and my advance copy of Midlake's upcoming 'A Bridge Too Far' (7 Nov). So much excellent new music this autumn.
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This weekend's listening homework for album reviews / features: new releases from Skullrusher, Madi Diaz and They Are Gutting A Body of Water (all available now) and my advance copy of Midlake's upcoming 'A Bridge Too Far' (7 Nov). So much excellent new music this autumn.
Finished #Andor Season 2. Devastating treatise on fascism & the rise of revolution. Deeply relevant, Mon Mothma's senate speech about alternative facts & the death of truth is incredibly prescient, while the Ghorman massacre scene is a chilling tour de force. One of the best TV dramas this century.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Finished #Andor Season 2. Devastating treatise on fascism & the rise of revolution. Deeply relevant, Mon Mothma's senate speech about alternative facts & the death of truth is incredibly prescient, while the Ghorman massacre scene is a chilling tour de force. One of the best TV dramas this century.
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Midnight tonight is Last chance to get a 25% discount on a pre-order of my rather fun book.. use the code on this link: www.waterstones.com/book/a-hard-...
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Midnight tonight is Last chance to get a 25% discount on a pre-order of my rather fun book.. use the code on this link: www.waterstones.com/book/a-hard-...
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Quietly devastating, yet rarely without hope and deeply melodic. My five star review of Jenn Wasner’s remarkable new Flock of Dimes album ‘The Life You Save’ - on @stereoboard.com here: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save (Album Review) - Stereoboard
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Jenn Wasner launched Flock of Dimes as a solo project in 2011, seeking to explore the more atmospheric and experimental side of songwriting and recording outside the succes...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Quietly devastating, yet rarely without hope and deeply melodic. My five star review of Jenn Wasner’s remarkable new Flock of Dimes album ‘The Life You Save’ - on @stereoboard.com here: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
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Dylan's lyrics always seem to find their moment. It's 40+ yrs since this was written, yet it couldn't be more apt had it been yesterday:
They say that patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king
#nokings
They say that patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king
#nokings
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dylan's lyrics always seem to find their moment. It's 40+ yrs since this was written, yet it couldn't be more apt had it been yesterday:
They say that patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king
#nokings
They say that patriotism is the last refuge, to which a scoundrel clings
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king
#nokings
Quietly devastating, yet rarely without hope and deeply melodic. My five star review of Jenn Wasner’s remarkable new Flock of Dimes album ‘The Life You Save’ - on @stereoboard.com here: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save (Album Review) - Stereoboard
Photo: Elizabeth Weinberg
Jenn Wasner launched Flock of Dimes as a solo project in 2011, seeking to explore the more atmospheric and experimental side of songwriting and recording outside the succes...
www.stereoboard.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Quietly devastating, yet rarely without hope and deeply melodic. My five star review of Jenn Wasner’s remarkable new Flock of Dimes album ‘The Life You Save’ - on @stereoboard.com here: www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
Listening to an advance copy of the new Midlake album out next month. A seriously good record, their best since the departure of Tim Smith.
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Listening to an advance copy of the new Midlake album out next month. A seriously good record, their best since the departure of Tim Smith.
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The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
A glimpse of the future - Blue Peter 1976 introduces the incredible, cordless mobile phone!
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1976: Introducing the incredible, cordless 'MOBILE' phone | Blue Peter | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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October 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A glimpse of the future - Blue Peter 1976 introduces the incredible, cordless mobile phone!
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@johnp69.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social @carolannelennie.bsky.social Does anyone know if I’ll have to pay import charges if I order a book from the US please? It’s a signed copy of Denny Seiwell's autobiography & I’d rather support him via his publisher rather than go through Amazon UK. Thanks!
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@johnp69.bsky.social @stevenc63.bsky.social @carolannelennie.bsky.social Does anyone know if I’ll have to pay import charges if I order a book from the US please? It’s a signed copy of Denny Seiwell's autobiography & I’d rather support him via his publisher rather than go through Amazon UK. Thanks!
Does anyone know if I’ll have to pay import charges if I order a book from the US? Thanks. It’s a signed copy and I’d rather support the author directly than go through Amazon’s UK store.
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Does anyone know if I’ll have to pay import charges if I order a book from the US? Thanks. It’s a signed copy and I’d rather support the author directly than go through Amazon’s UK store.