I was in the middle of putting a completely different post together the other day, but it was quite a dark one, and after a rough couple...

I thought , since it is Glastonbury weekend, we needed to celebrate the world's greatest music festival with some kind of playlist. But...

One of the joys of Calexico is that they constantly offer up a wide range of flavours in their music - folk, country, rock, americana,...

No-one will believe when I say that it wasn't that recent low-key event in London that put this theme in my mind, but rather that I heard...

We salute Neil Mullane Finn, one of the pop world's great songwriters, who turns 65 today. He was born in Te Awamutu, on the north island...

Time for something a little different. I thought I would take a look at music through a different lens this time - using what I do as a...

I'm a little late to my own first anniversary party! It was actually last week, but we had to celebrate Willie Nelson's 90th birthday...

Tonight and tomorrow night at the Hollywood Bowl, an array of musical stars that spans many eras and genres, will come together to...

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...