ADRIAN THRILLS: Sorry, Dad… Teddy Thompson snubs folk for pop 

TEDDY THOMPSON: Heartbreaker Please (Thirty Tigers) Rating: Verdict: Sorrow with a soulful twist As the offspring of British folk-rock royalty, Teddy Thompson could easily have taken the acoustic route himself. Dad Richard was a founder member of Fairport Convention and mum Linda a celebrated folk singer.  His parents’ music is still relevant, too, with Mark … Read more

Guess who! Hollywood star thrills fans as she shares a throwback picture of herself from high school

Guess who! An Australian Hollywood star thrills fans as she shares a throwback picture of herself from high school… so can YOU recognise who it is? By Alisha Buaya and Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:17 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 08:17 BST, 23 May 2020 She’s an Australian actress who has … Read more

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke thrills fans as he debuts haunting new song Plasticine Fingers

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke delighted fans on Wednesday as he debuted his haunting new song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.  The singer, 51, performed Plasticine Fingers on the piano via video link- and viewers took to Twitter to describe how the eerie lyrics resonated with them amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Yorke teased fans earlier in … Read more

ADRIAN THRILLS: Different Strokes but they’re still on song… and back with a new vibe

THE STROKES: The New Abnormal (Columbia) Verdict: Back in the New York groove  Rating: LAURA MARLING: Song For Our Daughter (Chrysalis) Verdict: Brilliantly crafted folk-pop Rating: When The Strokes thundered their way out of New York City’s indie clubs in the late 1990s, they blazed a trail for a new generation of guitar groups, kicking the … Read more

Skiing is great, but for real thrills, head to Saalbach in Austria and try some mountain madness 

What do you do after a lavish dinner of deer tartar, steaming pork knuckle and dumplings, topped off with apple strudel, washed down with Austrian red wine and a parting shot of mountain firewater? Why, you wobble out into the darkness of the Austrian Alps, don a crash helmet, say ‘Danke’ to a grizzled man … Read more