This edition of The Essential 10, our quickfire introduction to a wide range of my favourite artists, features everyone's favourite musician who's also an expert on neolithic history and paganism, Julian Cope; an act that has managed almost 40 solo albums so far, over a career that goes back into the late 1970s. As the front man and principle songwriter for the Teardrop Explodes, we will also be taking their brief 2 album foray at the forefront of the British post-punk scene

We are back with a gathering of some interesting tales from around the world of music, providing you with insight, back story and the odd...

It is hard to believe, but somewhere around this day thirty years ago (yes, really), I attended my university graduation ceremony! I...

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...

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