Today I must tip my imaginary Stetson to my pal Craig Poland Smith for unearthing this gem for me by the literally named family quartet Southern Raised.

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I love a musical collaboration and this one is about as out-there as you could ever imagine – Jamaican roots reggae and Polish folk music.

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Michael Rose recorded a solo version of his song before joining Black Uhuru and re-recording it with the band, becoming one of their signature songs. (more…)

Summer’s here (and some!). So here’s a soundtrack for these long sunny days. Two hours of pleasure, opening up with The Prodigy, fresh from their Glastonbury triumph, and ending with Kim Gordon bidding us farewell as she gets ready for a holiday. In between there’s a bit of everything: funk and soul, reggae and country, metal and jazz. Start the dance!

Last night’s incendiary set by The Prodigy is the last one I watched at this year’s Glastonbury – and the first where I really wish I was there.

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Motown songwriting legend Eddie Holland wrote, sang and produced the soul song that would one day become Motorhead’s debut single.

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The sensational CMAT was the talk of Day One at Glastonbury 2025 with her superstar-making afternoon set on the Pyramid Stage.

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White Noise Sound are the long-forgotten Welsh wizards of droney psychedelic shoegaze, and they are long overdue for a revival.

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Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar, with an unusual “single note” style of playing.

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For a while in the early Seventies, just after Glam’s holy trinity of T. Rex, Slade and Sweet had peaked, Mott The Hoople were my favourite band.

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