This edition of The Essential 10 , our quickfire introduction to a wide range of my favourite artists, features The B-52s ; an act that has managed 7 albums over a career that begun in 1976 and still continues today (albeit with only three of the originals playing). I have trawled the entire catalogue to come up with ten of my favourite tracks by them, including a few surprises (although, if you don’t know much about them, they may all be surprises). The B-52s came into my l

Last weekend (12 October) saw the fortieth anniversary of the passing of one of the founding members of just about the funnest band to ever walk this planet. And, as a mark of respect, we are using that person as the starting link on our (very) occasional wander along Six Degrees Of Kevin Shields . As ever, if we get six links in, it will be more by luck than judgement - because it is all about the journey; the musical meandering from our starting point, along many random rou

May 18th was the date of two tragic events - both of which are marking their 45 year anniversary in 2025. One has a musical connection,...

June 27 1989 saw the release of one of the great 'let your hair down' records of them all. Yes, Cosmic Thing by the B-52's came roaring...

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...

This edition of Six Degrees was, as often seems to be the case, prompted by hearing a record on the radio that I hadn't heard in a while....

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

To explain this playlist. We're just had a short holiday. Summer holidays are often associated with fun and good times - and so, the...