Seventy years ago, Bill Haley’s barnstorming cover of Big Joe Turner’s US R&B hit, Shake, Rattle and Roll, crash-landed amongst the familiar litany of reassuring middle-of-the-road ballads in the UK ...
Musician Darren Hanlon just wanted to play some songs for an end-of-year Christmas show in often-overlooked regional areas. After 19 years, they have become an annual institution.