Willie Colón was a salsa pioneer and the all-round badass of Latin music – literally so when you consider his surname and nickname of El Malo (‘The Bad One’).

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Short-lived power pop band The Motors enjoyed their biggest hit in the summer of 1978 with Airport, which reached No.4 in the singles chart.

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U2 join the protest brigade to rush-release a new tune expressing the worldwide anger at what’s going on in Trump’s Amerikkka.

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PVA describe their sound as “country-fried techno” though that’s probably not how you or I would describe them at first listen.

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Here’s a vocal version I’ve never heard of what is probably my all-time favourite reggae tune, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown.

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This is the song that introduced me to the Canadian band Metric. It’s sounds as fresh today as it did back in 2008.

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I’ve long been a fan of the prolific MC Taylor, who goes by the stage name of Hiss Golden Messenger. This is his latest song, In The Middle Of It.

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Sharon Van Etten turns her hand to children’s songs with a tune for the US television show Yo Gabba GabbaLand!

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Lindisfarne – The Exchange 1856, North Shields – Live Review

Scattered Purgatory come from Taiwan and make music that lies somewhere between doom metal and ambient electronica. (more…)