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,...

Well, I know what you are thinking - no Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras is complete without a (loosely at times) pancake themed...

Yes, it's time for another playlist, and this time we are off to mainland Europe. Here we have ten more interesting (well, eleven...

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...

Well, since I have been boring the rest of my family rigid this last week, by watching an hour or two of the World Athletics Championship...

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...

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