Music
The late Sixties and early Seventies were incendiary times in politics and music – reflected in the fiery brass sections of funk bands like Tower Of Power.
B.T. Express were pioneers of the funky early-1970s Brooklyn Sound with their proto-disco classic Express.
Horsegirl began life blending shoegaze and noise when they were teenage schoolgirls in Chicago. This is the opening song of their 2022 debut album. (more…)
Here’s a ’60s band I’ve never heard of before, a female-fronted outfit with the disappointingly humdrum name of Smith, with their solitary hit single – a cover of Baby It’s You.
Dobie Gray’s stomper Out On The Floor has been called the best Northern Soul record of all time, though I remember Dobie Gray for two other songs – Drift Away and The In-Crowd.
It’s impossible to forget this tune once you’ve heard it because it lives inside your head for ever and will pop back whenever you hear the word Milkshake for the rest of your life.
Like everyone else I know* I discovered Bob Marley when the live version of No Woman, No Cry became a huge hit in the summer of 1975. Then I dug deeper and discovered this tune from five years earlier.
You can’t see him in this footage but this is the moment keyboard player Barry Goldberg – who died in January -became part of one of the most historic gigs in musical history.
Sparks return with what might be their best video yet for the opening song of their 28th studio album.
Susan Alcorn played my favourite musical instrument – the pedal steel guitar – and took it to new places with her experimental approach.
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