2023
Not sure if the term Aussie’n’Western is a thing, but if it is then The Paper Kites are a prime example.
Tina Turner’s career might never have got started if a backing singer had not failed to turn up for a recording session of this song in 1960.
PJ Harvey returns with the first taste of her first solo album for seven years – a soothing and sinister ballad about birds… and Elvis.
I never much liked Blur. In the Britpop wars I was Team Oasis. I still am, at least where their first album is concerned.
Here are The Hives again, returning to the fray in their forties with a new song that shows they’ve lost none of their spark after 26 years together.
Sarabeth Tucek returns from a decade-long hiatus with a new abbreviated name – SBT – and a new album, Joan Of All.
Country veteran Rodney Crowell teams up with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on a collaborative album called The Chicago Sessions.
The Drums, now the solo project of Jonny Pierce, return from a five-year hiaitus with an anthemic electro-ballad, I Want It All.
Linda Lewis was the first female black British singer I ever saw on TV. They were a rarity in the early Seventies – in fact she’s the only one I can think of.
This month: a mix of old soul, punk, postpunk, reggae and contemporary classical from Stone Roses, Ruts, Police, Jam, Bauhaus, 10CC and more.