Mai Eve Prepare for the Big Heat
Dance music, for all its uses of modern technology, always veers towards predictability and a very short shelf-life. This serves a purpose but is throwaway […]
Bullying, Bollywood and Redemption Through Music – Arsh Singh
To have even the slightest involvement in the Bollywood industry is something which marks you out as a genuine mover and shaker. It is not […]
New Sounds from the Wilds of Europe
For all the modern world’s negatives, the globalisation of the music industry is helping to get voices heard which would never have reached our ears […]
The Ukrainians Demonstrate the Power of Peel
It’s difficult to convey the influence John Peel had on the music industry. There is no-one in the world since who has become a voice […]
The United State of JAMERICAN
JAMERICAN is no shrinking violet. Combining dance-hall, reggae and hip-hop, his latest release is “Step in a the Club (WILD NIGHT)”, an in-your-face klaxon kicking off […]
Shadows of the Season. Looking Back at Screaming Trees’ Sweet Oblivion with Gary Lee Conner
Some 27 years since its original release, Screaming Trees’ most successful album is given the reissue treatment courtesy of Cherry Red, the handful of B-sides […]
Divine Inspiration? Ten Songs with Odd Subject Matter
Not for everyone the boys meets girl theme so many lyrics concentrate on. For some, inspiration, even in a small part, can come from the […]
Les Reed, Composer, Conductor, Musician, Arranger and Songwriter, Dies aged 83.
I was terribly sad to learn last night that my Facebook friend, Les Reed had passed away. Even at 83, he seemed full of limitless […]
Dynamic Duos – Film Directors and their Musical Muses
A picture may paint a thousand words but without a sympathetic score and sound design behind it, films which have become an indelible part of […]
F*** Brexit, It’s Piano Day!
The sun is shining, the lark is on the wing, the turkeys are roosting but, once more, all we’re faced with is yet more Brexit […]