It’s been a bit quiet around here this year. The inevitability of trying to keep dog food on the table during the time of Covid means that whatever writing about music I’ve done has been where I’ve made the commitment to keep to deadlines. So I’ve done bits at...
A private members bill is one where a single MP introduces a potential law on a subject he feels strongly about. They usually have zero chance of actually becoming law, but they establish a principal, and often end up prompting the Government into action. I've ranted...
No matter how hard they try some musical sub genres remain firmly under the radar. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a fan base ready to hoover up every morsel offered to them. Back in 1997 John M Borack published ‘Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop...
At the start of Lockdown version one, I pointed you at some good music to help make the days pass smoothly. Now we are up to version 3, (does that by the way make the next one lockdown 95) so, here's some more... I've talked about Continental Record Services and...
One of the plus points of the terrible toll taken on the music industry by Covid has been that by taking to Social Media you can find artists who you would never have heard, simply because they are physically so far away. It means you get the chance to sample, often...
Continuing the thread of artists who should be far more famous than they are...A browse round other people's blogs brought up The Men I Trust, a Canadian 3 piece who despite being new to me have enough of a following to be able to tour in China, as well as North...
It's funny how some things strike a chord (so to speak). My last post about music that was off the radar prompted more interest than posts about many far better known people. So...I talked recently to Damien Mahoney who is Caulbearers. Both his offerings on...
I'm not going to bang on about C*******s because much like everyone else I could do with hearing about something else at some point just to avoid worrying myself into a frenzy.So as there are some generous musicians making music available for free I'm going to post...
Jazz has evolved over the last century or so. When it stopped being a "popular" music in the early sixties it turned to blending itself with other genres and has pretty much stayed that way.The best known blends are with Rock, Soul and Funk which created Jazz-Rock,...
A while ago I talked about some artists who you should know about but probably don't. Here's another two.I have followed Amy Rigby on and off for a good few years. I joined the party with "Til the Wheels Fall Off" which contains 'Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?' a...
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