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In Depth: Peter Asher
The next few weeks has a few fairly random anniversaries with one central connection - and that seemed a good enough reason for our next...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 28, 2024
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Playlist: Covers 4
For this playlist it's time to delve back into the cupboard of cover versions. We all know there are plenty of terrible and mediocre...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 14, 2024
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Reckoning at 40: Welcome to Little America
It is often written that bands who put out a critically well received debut album, then face the daunting prospect of the 'dreaded second...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 9, 2024
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Muscle Shoals: The Sound of the Swampers
The history of Muscle Shoals as a hotbed of artistic creation is an interesting one, where one studio became two, and totally put this...
jamesgeraghty
Apr 2, 2024
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Playlist: Married to the Band
Is being a married couple in a band a good idea? Does it help with creativity, or lead to creative tension? Here are ten bands that...
jamesgeraghty
Mar 27, 2024
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Playlist: st PATRICK
Well, we've done all Irish playlists before, so for this March 17th we needed a new twist.... I know - we'll pick bands that have a...
jamesgeraghty
Mar 17, 2024
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The I.R.S. Playlist
Don't fret if you are an American reading this - we are not doing ten songs about the US taxman! This is I.R.S. Records, founded in 1979...
jamesgeraghty
Mar 9, 2024
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"The Ambassador for Cultural Exchange": the life and times of DJ Derek
We were recently down in Bristol. We were wandering the back streets around St Pauls, a suburb immediately on the north side of the city...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 27, 2024
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Playlist: Dragons and Lanterns
We're a bit late in celebrating Chinese New Year, which fell on 10 February this year. But fret not - in addition to this year being the...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 24, 2024
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It's Just A Trick Of The Light: Great Songsmiths From The South
For some reason, I have always struggled to get to grips with poetry, which is perhaps somewhat strange considering the passion I have...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 18, 2024
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Playlist: Geography 6 - Glasgow
Scotland has always provided a rich source of musical pleasure over the decades, but Glasgow alone has produced myriad great bands,...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 3, 2024
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A Long Way From Happiness: A History Of Uncle Tupelo
Depending on whether you were on the inside or outside of the band, Uncle Tupelo may have been one of the key architect's of what would...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 28, 2024
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Playlist: Animals
It's time for another playlist for you. This one, for absolutely no reason at all, is linked to animals. So here you go - ten top tunes...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 20, 2024
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Surf Life and Troubled Times: Dennis Wilson 40 Years On
A few weeks ago as 2023 reached the home straight, a forty year anniversary passed by without much of a murmur in the wider world,...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 10, 2024
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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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 28, 2023
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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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 22, 2023
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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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 6, 2023
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The Engine Room
So, everyone's gone through a period where they really wished they could drum in a rock band; where they've been sitting in a pub and...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 27, 2023
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Playlist: Happy 'Thanks'giving
Today is the fourth Thursday of November, which means it is the day that the United States gives thanks for the fruits of its harvests,...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 23, 2023
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In Depth: Baloji
As the gloom and murk of autumn descends - it is time to bring some African rhythm (with Belgian rap) to brighten up your days. It might...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 19, 2023
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