Now, I tend to avoid doing Top 10 lists of anything musical, as orders of preference constantly change with moods, time and the like. But as 2025 concludes and 2026 hopefully dawns with some fresh hope and optimism, now seemed like a good time to pull together something a little more meaningful for my first playlist of the year. There were some great things going on in 2025; lots that I am proud of, both personally, and with my family and friends - but, perhaps sounding a tad

Shane MacGowan was probably a week or so, one way or the other, from being truly Irish - i.e. actually born on the Emerald Isle. His...

After his masterful double performance at Rickastonbury last weekend, it seems only fitting that we begin this edition of Six Degrees of...

An occasional collection of songs suggested for you using a given theme. For this playlist, I tried to think of some artists and tunes...

In this series we take a look at some great musical artists, who have either been unfairly forgotten about over the years, or perhaps...