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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

I may have gone too early with the ' Scorchio ' playlist last week, as temperatures have topped 31 °C (88°F) round these parts (probably...

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...

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...

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...

M*A*S*H* is undoubtedly one of the greatest television shows ever made - a wonderful blend of great scriptwriting, empathetic acting, a...

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...

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...

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,...

I'm not sure if this is peculiar to England - a sporting fixation with one particular venue - but every young football fan in this...

Louis Ernest Henri Celine was a seaman from Mauritius, who sailed into Birkenhead (on the Wirral peninsula of Merseyside) in 1888, and...

Disclaimer: If you are likely to be triggered by anything being said by a person who proudly views themselves, to use current parlance,...

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...

Lubbock, Texas. A place pretty much miles from anywhere else, surrounded by the high up, dusty plains full of cotton, randomly cut across...

Today's playlist celebrates some of the languages of the world, albeit very loosely. Yes, all of these song titles do have a language in...