Forgotten Greats: Jackie Wilson
For my generation, it was the re-release of Reet Petite in 1986 - along with the slightly scary plasticine animated video to accompany it...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 11, 2023
Playlist: Celebrating 100!!
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 30, 2023
In Depth: Mama Africa - Miriam Makeba
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 24, 2023
Playlist: 60's (With A Twist)
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?...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 8, 2023
Playlist: Bad Weather 2
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 30, 2022
2022: A Year In Music
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 27, 2022
Playlist: Great Voices
Well, as previously mentioned, I don't particularly 'do' Christmas, especially from a musical point of view. So, I thought my festive...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 16, 2022
On This Day (16 December): Stuart Adamson
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 10, 2022
Forgotten Greats: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 3, 2022
Geography Playlist 3: Georgia
For this geographically themed playlist, we are going, somewhat topically, given that it is the current centre of US political focus - to...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 17, 2022
Geography Playlist 2: Liverpool
For the second of our run of geographically themed playlists, we head off to the musical mecca of northwest England - Liverpool. But this...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 14, 2022
In Depth: The Small Faces
They influenced huge swathes of musicians from their contemporaries of the late 60s, all the way through to the 1990s and beyond. Yet,...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 4, 2022
Geography Playlist 1: Surrey & Hampshire
So, this time, we begin a series of geographical based playlists - based on the city / region / state that a bunch of musical artists are...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 23, 2022
It Was The Best Of Times......
So, our recent 'interesting' gig watching The Lemonheads (see here) got me thinking about my other live music experiences over the years....
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 9, 2022
The Goosebumps Playlist
Every so often a song comes along - and no matter how many times you play it - ten, a hundred, a thousand - it gives you that strange,...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 27, 2022
Playlist: Bad Weather
Well, it's getting to that time of year where it is tending to get a bit damp and dribbly outside - so what better way to mark that than...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 11, 2022
Peter Tosh remembered 35 years on
Apart from the obvious, 11 September is also significant for a dramatic and tragic event with a musical connection, that happened thirty...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 6, 2022
Playlist: When I Was A Teenager
In this playlist I am looking at albums that I discovered during my teenage years. These are ones that are hugely important to me,...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 19, 2022
Holiday / I'm Not One For A Party
To explain this playlist. We're just had a short holiday. Summer holidays are often associated with fun and good times - and so, the...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 14, 2022
In Depth: The Lemonheads
Here is another in my (very) occasional series of more in-depth looks at bands that I have crossed paths with over the last four decades....
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