The Beastie Boys: How 3 goofballs brought hip-hop to the masses
The question is, as Art Publika magazine put it, how did "a group of arty middle-class Jewish kids responding to Manhattan's eclectic...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 28
In Depth: Peter Asher
The next few weeks has a few fairly random anniversaries with one central connection - and that seemed a good enough reason for our next...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 19, 2023
In Depth: Baloji
As the gloom and murk of autumn descends - it is time to bring some African rhythm (with Belgian rap) to brighten up your days. It might...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 23, 2023
In Depth: MBV
As we approach the first anniversary of this website, I thought I would take a look at one of the acts that ties in with one of the main...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 11, 2023
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 30, 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...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 14, 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,...
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jamesgeraghty
Aug 14, 2022
In Depth: The Lemonheads
Here is another in my (very) occasional series of more in-depth looks at bands that I have crossed paths with over the last four decades....
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jamesgeraghty
May 21, 2022
In Depth: The Psychedelic Furs
For this part of the In Depth series, we look at the life and times of new wave legends, the Psychedelic Furs. You can imagine, being the...
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jamesgeraghty
May 11, 2022
In Depth: 10,000 Maniacs
Specifically, the Natalie Merchant years. With no disrespect to the versions of the band that have recorded and toured for the last...
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