December - 2023

jamesgeraghty

Dec 31, 2023

Playlist: For Those We Lost in 2023

As we draw to the end of another year, it is always a good time to take stock and reflect on those from the music world we have lost...

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Dec 28, 2023

Dusty stands up to apartheid

Earlier this month was the anniversary of what, to me, seems to be an important event from musical history that had passed me (and...

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Dec 22, 2023

Playlist: Winter

Now, those of you that know me, will know that Christmas is a time of humbug, while festive playlists generally leave me cold. I'm not...

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Dec 17, 2023

Happy 65th - Mike Mills!

On this day in 1958, Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California. He would go on to be the bass player in perhaps one of...

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Dec 12, 2023

Denny Laine

This edition of the musical ramble we like to call Six Degrees Of Kevin Shields, begins as a tribute to Denny Laine, who passed away last...

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Dec 6, 2023

Playlist: Geography 5 - Ireland (and a nod to Shane)

Shane MacGowan was probably a week or so, one way or the other, from being truly Irish - i.e. actually born on the Emerald Isle. His...