I guess this forms part II of our commemoration of Quincy Jones, to go with our article on his passing earlier this week (see News...

A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...

Following on from my chronicling of my favourite drummers and bass players, I thought it was high time to start considering the...

Today we celebrate a milestone birthday reached by the one of (partially self-proclaimed) great band frontmen to come out of the 1980s....

It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...

So, another musical icon from Liverpool passed on this week. While he had an association with the Cavern Club scene of the 1960s, it was...

The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...

There will be many more higher profile musical birthdays in April, but today is time to celebrate the 65th birthday of one of the less...

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

He was a powerhouse, regarded by many as the best drummer on the scene in the 1980s, but on 14 June 1989, Pete de Freitas was killed in a...