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Authors Index   |  Rocky McCabe

Articles by Rocky McCabe

Rock to drink to

What would make the ultimate whisky rock album? Rocky McCabe dreams up the perfect compilation

If you were of a mind to write off the better part of a day, it would be fun to grab a bottle of something rather splendid, head off with some pals, and while away an afternoon, evening and night considering how our old friend whisk(e)y gets treated in the arts. See it’s my view that on British tel...

Whisky and Music from Issue 64 published on 01/06/2007

A quiet secret to shout about

Roddy Woomble is a superb Scottish songwriter and he deserves discovering says Rocky McCabe

In my record collection there is a disturbingly large collection of albums by artists that have never quite made it commercially. This either means I have rubbish taste or that I have great taste and the public don’t. Take your pick, but as Ant and Dec, MacDonalds, the Porky’s films, Cliff Richard ...

Whisky and Music from Issue 60 published on 10/11/2006

Late night tunes and soulful drams

What makes great whisky music? Our new
music brain Rocky McCabe ponders
the issue and recommends a Mercury
prize nominee

I used to spend many a happy hour debating with my predecessor, the late Lew Guthrie III, about the link between whisky and music. We were poles apart. He reckoned music was only relevant when it was specifically about whisky. For me, though, there are whisky moments that pass better with music, ev...

Whisky and Music from Issue 59 published on 11/10/2006