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Following my mate winning a competition to meet Jazzy Jeff I posted that the Philadelphia DJ had refused to sign a copy of his new album…
I now know the following things:

My mate thinks that he’s funny - he was only joking when he said that he refused to sign it
Jazzy Jeff is apparently a lovely […]

Legendary DJ Greg Wilson is to play his first ever set at London’s Plastic People for new club night Misha….
Misha is a new club night playing the very best in dance music, whether it’s soul, disco, electro, funk, or anything else. And to celebrate their occasional residency at Plastic People they’ve acquired the services of […]

Jazzy Jeff turned up late to his interview on 6Music which meant that my mate didn’t have time to put his questions to him…
I spent yesterday afternoon running round Soho desperately trying to find a copy of Jazzy Jeff’s The Magnificent on vinyl, to give to my friend to get Jeff to sign (I already […]

Apparently my mate is going to be on BBC 6Music tomorrow with legendary hip hop producer/DJ Jazzy Jeff..

My friend Jethro won a competition and will be talking to the great man between 2.30 & 3 pm tomorrow (April 17th) and sent me a text asking me if I had any questions for Jazzy Jeff. As […]

Punk-funk hero LCD Soundsystem shows that he still loves classic rock with All My Friends….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2V_ZT-nyOs

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (the official version, as EMI have been sensible enough to set-up their own YouTube channel)
James Murphy has made a career out of fusing his love of all things new with the best of the […]

London free newspaper Metro is running a competition to find the best blogs in Britain - and one that I write for has made the shortlist!

My good friends at Trackfeeder have been shortlisted in the Arts & Entertainment category of the Metro’s Brit Blog Awards 07. Obviously I’d like to claim that it’s all down […]

The Fratellis’ song Whistle For The Choir bears an uncanny resemblance to the Paul Weller track Push Button, Automatic…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHqeuK83H4

The Fratellis - Whistle For The Choir sounds a bit Weller

Rock music is built on inspirations, where one band hears something by another and turns it into something new. Sometimes though, that inspiration slips into something a […]

New York based band Chin Chin release their eponymouse debut album of 21st Century disco…

As if keeping this blog up to date, along with my day job, I’ve also started submitting reviews to excellent online music magazine Fly
My first review is of the debut album by New York disco band Chin Chin - have a […]

Nina Simone’s talent was such that picking a favourite track is an almost impossible task - but Sinnerman might just do it..
A very short post today - a friend just sent me the video you can see below. It’s for the amazing Nina Simone’s Sinnerman. And despite the lack of any obvious visuals, it’s probably […]

New York soul act Naturally 7 keep a Paris metro carriage entertained with a cover version of In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY

Naturally 7 perform In The Air Tonight on the Metro

Phil Collins never sounded this good - but what is it with the obsession that hip-hop/R&B groups have with the bald Tory drummer?!
And […]