In 2012, Richard Hawley was in Germany backstage ... the lushly orchestrated “Heavy Rain”, he says, “was inspired by how I felt after Steve left us. And there’s a lot of that (in the ...

Credit: Future / Phil Barker Reverent references to Duane Eddy, Pops Staples, Scott Walker and other giants of the vinyl era are never far from Richard ... after a rocky start when Hawley turned ...

A good friend of mine once described listening to Richard Hawley ... in and then rock out. Hawley looks to be enjoying himself. Hawley introduces Just Like the Rain, as a ‘song I wrote when ...

These days, the simple adage from his hometown is something Richard Hawley still ... Nearly two decades since Hawley centered on his solo career, after playing in the Britpop band The Longpigs ...

The pull of Richard Hawley’s music is something that can ... ‘Truelove’s Gutter’ was named after an old town centre street; ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’, which has evolved into ...

After the interval Richard Hawley and his own band joined the brass tour de force on stage for a fabulous programme featuring a selection of his songs including What Love Means, Don't Stare at the ...