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Nina Simone covered Leonard Cohen’s song Suzanne, which began life as a poem before being recorded by a multitude of artists.
Teenage reggae trio 15-16-17 recorded this lovers rock reggae version of a song penned by the Gibb brothers and featuring Dennis Brown and Dennis Bovell.
This is everything I like in electronica: a sinister undercurrent, a throbbing pulse, a driving rhythm, punctuated by modular flares and strange noises.
Fontaines D.C. owe much of the credit for their rise to arena-filling stars to their manager and “sixth member of the band,” Trev Dietz, who has died at the age of 47.
The Bobby Lees come from Woodstock, so you’d expect their sound to be all peace and love wouldn’t you? Prepare to be plelasantly surprised.
This week The Mekons, one of the longest-serving survivors of punk’s Class of ’77, released Horrorble – a dub deconstruction of their last album.
Fred Williams recorded his only single back in 1968 before disappearing from the funk and soul universe for ever. But what a single!
It’s always been a mystery to me why Michael Jackson has remained uncancelled despite the overwhelming weight of evidence against him from multiple accusers.
Chris Bell’s only solo single during his all-too-short lifetime, I Am The Cosmos is now recognised as a classic.
Stiv Bators, the Dead Boys singer, was probably the nearest thing American punk had to Johnny Rotten.