These days it's so boring to be good at only one thing. Just look at James Franco and Plan B, both multi-task masters. Richard Godwin puts down his guitar and picks up his pen to celebrate the age of the professional polymath
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One-man-band Ciaran McFeely has released a hazy ballad, Belle and Sebastian are set to make long car journeys with small children more bearable and Mike Skinner goes on record with Pete Doherty.... more
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