Neil Dowden
Here's everything published by this contributor on musicOMH.
Neil's day job is working as a freelance editor for book publishers such as HarperCollins, Penguin, Faber and British Film Institute Publishing, but as a night person he prefers reviewing for musicOMH.
He has also written features on the theatre and reviewed films, concerts, albums, opera, dance, exhibitions, books and restaurants for various newspapers and magazines, including The Stage and What's On in London, as well as contributing to a couple of books on 20th-century drama and writing a short tourist guide to London for Visit Britain.
He insists he is not a playwright manqué but was born to be a critic and just likes sticking a knife into luvvies. In fact, as a boy he wanted to become a professional footballer, but claims there were no talent scouts where he then lived on the South Wales coast, and so has had to settle for playing Sunday league for a dodgy south London team.
Apart from the arts and sport, his other main interest is travel, and he is never happier than when up a mountain, though Everest Base Camp is the highest he has been so far. He believes he has not yet reached his peak.

Articles by Neil Dowden
Pixies @ Alexandra Palace, London (Live Music Reviews)
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place (Album Reviews)
The Black Keys – ‘Let’s Rock’ (Album Reviews)
The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger (Album Reviews)
Morrissey – California Son (Album Reviews)
Cage The Elephant – Social Cues (Album Reviews)
Sleeper @ Forum, London (Live Music Reviews)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen @ EartH, London (Live Music Reviews)
U2 @ O2 Arena, London (Live Music Reviews)
Richard Ashcroft – Natural Rebel (Album Reviews)
Miles Kane – Coup De Grace (Album Reviews)
The Coral – Move Through The Dawn (Album Reviews)
The Libertines @ Royal Festival Hall, London (Live Music Reviews)
Johnny Marr – Call The Comet (Album Reviews)
Wavves @ Tufnell Park Dome, London (Live Music Reviews)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Something Else (Album Reviews)
The Breeders @ Roundhouse, London (Live Music Reviews)
The Vaccines – Combat Sports (Album Reviews)
Jack White – Boarding House Reach (Album Reviews)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Who Built The Moon? (Album Reviews)
Morrissey – Low In High School (Album Reviews)
-
Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams 26 Jan 2021
-
Fairest Isle: Music from 17th and 18th Century England – Eboracum Baroque @ King’s Ely Recital Hall, Ely 25 Jan 2021
-
Preview: Grange Park Opera’s Ivan the Terrible in Partnership with The Romanoff Foundation 25 Jan 2021
-
Jim Ghedi – In The Furrows Of Common Place 24 Jan 2021
-
Hilang Child: “I write uplifting music to represent the feelings I want to be having” – Interview 22 Jan 2021
-
Palberta – Palberta5000 22 Jan 2021
-
Yung – Ongoing Dispute 21 Jan 2021