Album Review: Adam Walton - Afal
There's an old, dismissive and slightly arrogant saying about those in the teaching profession: Those who can, do..those who can't, teach. If you try hard enough, you can almost hear Alan Partridge saying it in an ill-conceived attempt to present The East Anglia Teaching Awards. It's often wheeled out by those wishing to look down their noses at someone who has just as much - perhaps even more - influence on the lives of their children than they do. In a slightly different context, the work of the music journalist is often seen as the work of someone who couldn't do music very well. I'm an example - albeit a small one - as I was in a couple of bands that did naff all and now I write about better bands for scant reward; makes you wonder why really...Anyway, there is a point to this introduction other than perpetuating my own existential angst. Honest. There are music journalists who can co-exist in their own musical world without the nature of their musi