My name is Paul Robert Mullen, and I’m a writer, musician, traveller and lecturer. My lifelong fascination with music has only intensified with age, and I spend many happy hours revelling in my vast collection of vinyl and CDs. I play in a variety of bands spanning several genres – blues, jazz, singer-songwriter, rock and folk, so I am always hunting for new sounds, new experiences and new artists. Discovering new music is a great pleasure of mine since there is too much music out there to cover in one lifetime. Despite my obsession with the past masters of the 60s and 70s, this playlist spans relatively modern recordings that I’ve discovered in the last few years.
History doesn’t always arrive with fanfare. Sometimes it slips in quietly, through a half-open window, carrying something far more dangerous. This May,
There’s a particular kind of alchemy required to approach the catalogue of Bob Dylan without either genuflecting into museum-piece reverence or collapsing
As someone who grew up seeing Damon Albarn bossing Britpop with the Fred Perry-clad, ever-pogoing Blur, it’s strange to think that he’s
The Broken Spine is a poetry and arts collective proudly published on the coastal edge of North-West England. Founded in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen – two school friends reunited after twenty years through a mutual love of poetry.
