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Published: 25 March 2010
by ROISIN GADELRAB
TRAGIC news that Shiv Lizzy, one of the 45 shortlisted acts in the Camden Crawl Emerging Talent Awards (ETA) was killed in a road accident last week. I’ve heard Crawl organisers want to keep her music in the competition anyway and let it be judged on its merit. From what I’m hearing, she was a strong contender.
• Thanks to the reader who set me straight on the qualities of Crawl headliners LostProphets and We Are Scientists. Without your stern words I may have had to think for myself.
• Acclaimed author of The Looked After Kid, Paolo Hewitt, is DJing at a special charity night at the Lexington (March 30). Leddra Chapman, who’s still at uni, songwriter Georgia Strand and Liverpool band The Branco Heist are all on the bill. It’s in aid of the Willow Foundation, which organises special days for seriously ill people.
• Great news for Irish band The Jude, who played The Dublin Castle’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations last week. They’ve been chosen to play industry-acclaimed City Showcase 2010 and have made it to the Camden Crawl’s ETAs shortlist – vote for them at www.emergingtalentawards.com/vote/band/the-jude
• When the daily delivery of review CDs arrived last week I expected the usual collection of electro/indie/rock with the odd Sugababes/Jonas Brothers disc thrown in. Instead who should crawl out of the envelope but none other than Robin Hood Prince of Thieves himself. Apparently I’m the last to hear old Bodyguard plays in a band – Kevin Costner & Modern West – whose second album Turn It On is released on May 3.