Song for the day 10/12/21: Paul Draper, “Omega Man” (feat Steven Wilson)
What’s this? Paul Draper nonchalantly sneaking in with the Single of 2021 just as the year is closing? Yes it is!
All the gigs of my life: Gig 145 – Paul Draper, Friday, August 11, 2017, Rough Trade East
My first time hearing Paul Draper sing in over sixteen years. It’s safe to say I was a little bit excited.
Scruffy’s Top 5 Gigs of 2018
I had an amazing year of gigs in 2018, which is pretty impressive considering how many I missed due to ill health (never going to get over missing the Manics’ Resistance Is Futile tour, quite honestly). Here are my top 5 of the year. The top 2 sit […]
Paul Draper at Union Chapel, Tuesday, 2nd of October, 2018
A short but sweet set from Paul Draper in a majestic church setting.
Paul Draper at Rough Trade East, Tuesday, 12th of June 2018
I’ve been away from the gigging life for a few months due to ill health, but last night, I was BACK! It may have been a half hour acoustic set in a cramped and stuffy record store, but it was still a gig, and much more importantly, it […]
Paul Draper at the Manchester Ritz and Electric Brixton, 1st and 8th March 2018
In a few weeks’ time on this blog, I will reach gig no.11 of All The Gigs Of My Life, a truly astonishing night that completely turned my little music-obsessed world around: my first ever Mansun gig in April 1997. But for now, I have my 149th and […]
Songs for the day: New killer tunes 10/02/18
Some waffle about new music. Brought to you by the letter ‘P’ rollerskating through the 1980s with Pale Waves, Paramore, Paul Draper, Poliça and the (Manic Street) Preachers.
SCRUFFY STORMS 