News : 7th December 2001
Just a reminder that the Edwin Astley documentary Astley’s Way will be shown on BBC2 tonight at 11.35pm.
News : 5th December 2001
Virginia was interviewed for Friday’s broadcast of Astley’s Way – the documentary on her father Edwin Astley’s career. Although we’ve no details about whether Virginia’s interview will be included in the final edit of the programme, there’s a good chance … Read More
News : 24th November 2001
The long rumoured Edwin Astley documentary finally gets a broadcast date. Trevor Ellis writes in to say that Astley’s Way is due for broadcast here in the UK next month. Trevor also adds details of what the programme will feature: … Read More
News : 15th November 2001
The Gallery section of the website has been updated with a new photo. This rare pic of Virginia has never previously been seen in the music press and dates from a 1983 session to promote the album From Gardens Where … Read More
News : 13th November 2001
A new website called www.radiovista.nethas just been launched designed, in the words of its founder Peter Krahn, to be “obsessively devoted to finding great new music and sharing it”. Peter has added some of Virginia’s music to the website which … Read More
News : 1st November 2001
More on Jocelyn Pook who has scored two French films: Comment Jai Tue Mon Pere and L’Emploi du Temps. More info on the former can be found here: http://www.tf1.fr/cinema/affiche/0,,801352,00.html. The soundtrack to the latter is released on 13th November in … Read More
News : 29th October 2001
Jocelyn Pook has been rumoured to be one of the British composers to take part in a special edition of the Proms next Summer to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee . The project is being put forward by Poet Laureate … Read More
News : 24th October 2001
The Gallery section of the website has been updated with a rare and early promo pic of Virginia. Meanwhile our website Survey is producing some not-so-surprising results with From Gardens Where We Feel Secure leading the way ;-).
News : 22nd October 2001
The latest news from Rough Trade on the reissue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is that the album is due for release early next year. Anne Stephenson is a violin player who formed part of Virginia’s band during … Read More
News : 17th October 2001
As promised, the website now has a Survey section over on the Features page. We’ll post up new surveys over time, but for now, the survey asks: Which Virginia Astley album do you think was the best? Cast your vote … Read More