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Feuding Siblings
Feuding siblings in music seems to be a trope as old as the hills, well certainly back to the start of the rock n roll era anyway. But...
jamesgeraghty
5 days ago
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Playlist: Superman
Last week saw us embark on operation 'distract our daughter from exam results day'* - with a trip to the cinema. I hadn't set foot in a...
jamesgeraghty
Aug 20
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All for Nothing? the rise and long fall of Steve Marriott
Stephen Marriott born in Essex in 1947, became one of the icons of the late 60’s mod scene - but has sadly (and wrongly) been somewhat...
jamesgeraghty
Aug 16
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Playlist: Australian 80's
I realised something a few years back. While as you might suspect, a decent proportion of my music collection comes from the UK and USA,...
jamesgeraghty
Aug 1
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Playlist: Poetry
We recently had a very pleasant afternoon out at a large country estate we had never been to before. The added incentive was that they...
jamesgeraghty
Jul 20
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Remembering Kevin Wilkinson: 26 years on
Okay, so it's a little strange to write about someone on the 26th anniversary of their passing, rather than a rounder number, like 25 or...
jamesgeraghty
Jul 17
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The Bench
I'd never done a music pilgrimage before - well, I suppose I had never done any kind of pilgrimage come to that... But, while on holiday,...
jamesgeraghty
Jul 14
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Playlist: Covers 6
I may have gone too early with the ' Scorchio ' playlist last week, as temperatures have topped 31 °C (88°F) round these parts (probably...
jamesgeraghty
Jun 30
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Playlist: Scorchio!
I don't know what the weather has been like in your neck of the woods recently, but round here over the last few days, it has most...
jamesgeraghty
Jun 21
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Die Another Day: Interesting Music Stories Part III
It's time, whether you are ready or not, for another dip into some interesting stories from the world of music. Some are strange, some...
jamesgeraghty
Jun 18
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Fables at 40
This day forty years ago (10 June 1985), was a transitional day for one of America's rapidly developing and emerging key bands, as its...
jamesgeraghty
Jun 10
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Playlist: M*A*S*H* (for Loretta)
M*A*S*H* is undoubtedly one of the greatest television shows ever made - a wonderful blend of great scriptwriting, empathetic acting, a...
jamesgeraghty
Jun 2
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They called him Mr Bojangles
If you had been in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, you would most likely have known about this man. Since...
jamesgeraghty
May 29
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The Album with the most impressive guest list - and you've (almost certainly) never heard of it...
First, let's set some context. Of course, some of you may have heard of this album, but the chances are, most of you will not know the...
jamesgeraghty
May 25
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Playlist: May 18th (in three stories)
May 18th was the date of two tragic events - both of which are marking their 45 year anniversary in 2025. One has a musical connection,...
jamesgeraghty
May 18
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Playlist: Wembley Bound
I'm not sure if this is peculiar to England - a sporting fixation with one particular venue - but every young football fan in this...
jamesgeraghty
May 10
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Adrian Henri & The Liverpool Scene
Louis Ernest Henri Celine was a seaman from Mauritius, who sailed into Birkenhead (on the Wirral peninsula of Merseyside) in 1888, and...
jamesgeraghty
May 8
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Playlist: Being An Ally
Disclaimer: If you are likely to be triggered by anything being said by a person who proudly views themselves, to use current parlance,...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 27
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Playlist: Immigrants
It's an emotive subject at the best of times, but migration has been a fact of life throughout human existence. Everyone, if you go back...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 18
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High Plains Drifters: The Flatlanders - laying the foundations for alt-country
Lubbock, Texas. A place pretty much miles from anywhere else, surrounded by the high up, dusty plains full of cotton, randomly cut across...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 13
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