I have compiled a selection of some of my favourite R & B, jump up, mambo, jive, and blues tracks of all time. They all happen to have been recorded by women and were all released in a glorious ten year period between 1953...
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The following are a selection of the EPs, mini-albums and mixes that impressed in 2014. L.D.C.N – Summer Rain “L.D.C.N’s electronic soundscapes are subtly woven from found sounds and samples. Louie is a cyber...
Image Jonwayne by Gangster Doodles It’s near impossible to keep up with new music these days. The democratising force of the Internet, the availability, prevalence and affordability of recording technology and the...
The Best EPs, Mini-Albums, Mix Tapes and DJ Mixes of 2013 in no particular order D-Pat – In Bloom In Bloom by Dpat Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap Frog – Frog Ofei –...
Songs can do so much. They can evoke, evolve, emerge when you least expect it. Bury themselves. Make you shimmy, make you shake. Make you write. Create. Be still. Be wild. Allow you to connect to something real without knowing...
We all grew up too quickly: got cool, got adult problems, got old. We forgot what it was like to be silly, how to enjoy the simple things, what really matters to us. We became cool and we became jaded. We stopped living in...
When I interview bands I always ask them what music they’ve been listening to. It’s usually so that I get an insight into their tastes and influences, but also a good way to discover some interesting new music. Sadly...
Ok, so these probably aren’t the eighteen best tracks of 2012 but they’re the ones I’ve heard and like more than all the others I’ve heard. There are of course tracks that I haven’t heard yet and...
I like bands with silly names. Better still if they actually turn out to be good. The American label Afternoon Records has a penchant for the ridiculously monikered, having several superalitive acts on their roster. My two...
And today to Romania where witches are fighting for their right to dabble in the dark arts by throwing mandrake plants into the Danube. Armed with cat poo, dead dogs, and paranormal powers, the witches are protesting against the...