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...

Backbeat is a movie about the Beatles in their 'before they were famous' phase, trawling the dingy clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg in the...

We are back with a gathering of some interesting tales from around the world of music, providing you with insight, back story and the odd...

I was up in Birmingham last week for work, and it got me thinking - what is there to draw you into the city? The strange giant metal bull...

Well, I know what you are thinking - no Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras is complete without a (loosely at times) pancake themed...

Surely there is only one person who can take this crown, as the Prince of Synth Pop? Who else wrote, or co-wrote (and played on) multiple...

So, 14th February - Valentine's Day - synonymous with romance and love songs. But you know us, we would never take the traditional route...

This story of punk-rock promise and ultimate tragedy, starts oddly enough, in semi-rural Yellow Springs, Ohio (just outside Dayton). My...

We have collated a number of stories from the world of music that we think are quite interesting. Some of them, while not always directly...

After fully embracing the blues in our first playlist of 2025, reflecting on what a dismal, torturous month January can be - now we look...

Pitchfork magazine once called them the missing link between R.E.M. and Nirvana, so what is it about a band from Minnesota that were...

January is a time, at least for much of the northern hemisphere, for huddling together for warmth, wondering when you will next see more...

This started out as research for one article, but there was so much interesting stuff all interlinked, that it has actually turned into a...

Sadly, it's that time of year when we look back and reflect on some of the people from the world of music who have died during in the...

Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...

If you haven't read the first part of this, you can catch up here . But make sure you come back and read this afterwards. That first part...

Now, I am generally not one to embrace the festivities - but tis the season, and all that! Like my daughter's college buses - you wait...

It's that time of year again. The weather in the northern hemisphere has grown colder, the nights are longer than the days, and I try and...

This is an idea that quickly spiralled out of control once I started putting in the research - so much so, that it is going to end up...

What constitutes a musical supergroup? Well, I'm hoping that most people's definition will be vague enough to go with me on this,...