Articles by Jacob Richards-Powell

About Jacob Richards-Powell
Jacob Richards-Powell, AKA Duke of Earl is a holistic music journalist and co-founder of The Shonk. He is a member of Black Wesker, The Good Mournings, WAKEY!, Ta Malaka Matia, Space Cat and is the sole member of Moush.
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REASONS TO ASTRAL

Jacob Richards-Powell
If you’re a regular reader of The Shonk you will know that we don’t say anything that we don’t mean, so understand us when we say that if you haven’t bought your tickets for Astral […]
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CAVE

Jacob Richards-Powell
I have long wanted to see CAVE live; 8 years, I thought my chance had gone, they haven’t toured for some time. When I chanced upon a listing for their only UK show this year […]
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SLIFT (LE PUB 2019)

Jacob Richards-Powell
We at The Shonk are loathed to write reviews of our own shows for fear of appearing biased and self-congratulatory. We KNOW the shows we put on are fantastic events of audio-visual delight and feel […]
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IDLES

Jacob Richards-Powell
It was almost two years ago when a good friend of mine and I were hot-boxing our ceremonious shed, courtesy of a late friend of ours when I was first introduced to Idles. Chef Rhys, […]
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JANE WEAVER

Jacob Richards-Powell
Beautiful show tonight by @JanelWeaver@TrinityBristol,to deconstruct and then rebuild her songs in front of us, alone, takes bravery, ingenuity and talent. Class I posted this tweet immediately upon leaving the Trinity Centre, I could have […]
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JIM GHEDI & TOBY HAY

Jacob Richards-Powell
A gig in a recording studio, quite a culturally important studio, both Portishead, Dummy and Massive Attack, Blue Lines were recorded here, two iconic moments in the musical history of Bristol, iconic albums which will […]