As we approach the first anniversary of this website, I thought I would take a look at one of the acts that ties in with one of the main...

So, there are songs with made up names in them and there are songs about real people that the wider world won't know (parents, ex-lovers...

With the children away on a school trip in northern Italy - we search the snowy slopes of the Italian Alps and beyond for inspiration for...

Sixty years ago this month, legendary country star Patsy Cline lost her life in a plane crash. This story is about her, and the...

The Muppet Show became a 'must have' on any self respecting celebrities checklist. It was always labelled a family show, but we all knew...

It's time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the iconic (and somewhat unusual) debut album by those indie legends, Pixies. Released on...

If you were to have a hit with one band in a decade, that would be a reasonable accomplishment. A few hits, maybe taste success in two...

I thought it was about time we dived back into the murky waters of the cover version! As we all know, covers can sometimes cause...

It's time to wrap up our three day celebration of the much missed George Harrison, on what would have been his 80th birthday weekend. In...

For my generation, it was the re-release of Reet Petite in 1986 - along with the slightly scary plasticine animated video to accompany it...

I noticed the other day that this site was approaching a milestone - and so today, we celebrate the 100th post!! And what better way to...

This story starts with a song on the radio (as it often does). It is a song that never fails to cheer, so it seems apt to use it as the...

For this playlist, we head back to the 1960s. All of the bands on the list should be familiar to most of you. So, where's the twist?...

The first playlist of the new year - and it seemed appropriate (especially looking out of the window as I write this) for it to be our...

As the year draws to a close and I pause to reflect, I would have to say that my first instinct is that 2022 wasn't the greatest ever for...

Well, as previously mentioned, I don't particularly 'do' Christmas, especially from a musical point of view. So, I thought my festive...

Of all the sad musical losses over the years, this was the hardest for me. It was on this day (16 December) in 2001, in a hotel room in...

There was a song that I heard a lot when I was a young lad, amongst lots of great records I was played from the early 60s, that always...

For this geographically themed playlist, we are going, somewhat topically, given that it is the current centre of US political focus - to...

For the second of our run of geographically themed playlists, we head off to the musical mecca of northwest England - Liverpool. But this...