After ten days of solitary confinement with Covid I am finally allowed back into the community today* – so what better song to celebrate than this. (more…)

The Jam were the first punk group I used to see on a regular basis… if they ever really were a punk group. (more…)

I didn’t know it at the time but I think I saw the very first gig by this band – London – at The Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington.
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Here’s a rarity from my dusty collection of punk singles from 1977-80. Straight outta Walthamstow, it’s The Wasps. (more…)

In the pantheon of one-hit wonders, Terry by Twinkle deserves a place at the top table. (more…)

About 25 years ago I wrote a big exposé about one of the first New Age ambient albums, called Sacred Spirit. (more…)

On my sixth birthday (January 1964) the charts were topped by The Beatles with I Want To Hold Your Hand. But the song that catches my eye today is the song at No.10 that week. (more…)

The Beatles made their first entry into the pop chart in January 1963, reaching the lofty heights of No.16 with Love Me Do. (more…)

This song is for my old mate Gavin Martin who died yesterday. My not-so-old mate. He was 60. (more…)

If you’d ever wondered what Lou Reed might have sounded like if he’d chosen a career in country music* Garrett T. Capps provides the answer. (more…)