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In Depth: The King of 80s Synth Pop?
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...
jamesgeraghty
Mar 11, 2023


Playlist: Covers 2
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...
jamesgeraghty
Mar 6, 2023


Playlist: George Harrison
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...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 26, 2023


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...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 18, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Feb 11, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 30, 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?...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 24, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Jan 8, 2023


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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 30, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 27, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 16, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 10, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Dec 3, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 17, 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,...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 14, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Nov 5, 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....
jamesgeraghty
Oct 23, 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,...
jamesgeraghty
Oct 9, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Sep 27, 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...
jamesgeraghty
Sep 11, 2022
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