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Oasis are releasing a Best Of, which will include some of their classic b-sides. To mark the occasion they’re also releasing a couple of them as a single. Acquiesce is one of them…
Oasis were my favourite band. For a few golden years they could do no wrong, releasing two great albums (Definitely Maybe and What’s [...]

Mixed Moods Future Soul Radio is an amazing German internet radio site that I recently stumbled upon; if you like Gilles Peterson then you will love this…

I was trying to find somewhere to download the new Ben Westbeech track Nothing Else, and stumbled on to Mixed Moods by accident. I don’t know much about it [...]

Public Enemy’s rap classic Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos was turned into a raging guitar monster by trip-hop genius Tricky, with the help of Martina Topley Bird..
As a founding member of Massive Attack Tricky was a key player in the development of the Bristol sound that would grow into trip-hop. But on his [...]

Lucky Fellow is by Leroy Hutson, a favourite of those who know about jazz, funk & soul, having featured on compilations by Gilles Peterson & Zero 7.
I first discovered Leroy Hutson via the Zero 7 Another Late Night compilation which featured the track Cool Out. I then found the track Lucky Fellow on a fantastic [...]

Toots & The Maytals prove what I always thought - that John Denver had a lot of soul, as they do a great cover of his country classic, Take Me Home, Country Roads…
Liking John Denver is one of my more shameful habits, but there’s something about his gentle country music that I just love. And [...]

You may have noticed the lack of new posts recently…

Due to the pressures of work, and trying to completely re-do the garden before winter sets in, I’ve just not been able to find the time. So, I’m going to loosen the terms of the blog somewhat.
From now on I’ll be posting about any music that [...]

Those lovely people at the club night Shuffle invited me down to the Legion again to play some records last Saturday…
And this is what I played…

Gang Do Tagarela - Melo Da Tagarela (Brazilian funk cover version of Rappers Delight by The Sugarhill Gang)
Chic - Open Up (Norman Jay favourite, from his Good Times compilation)
The TnT [...]