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jamesgeraghty
5 days ago
Feel The Pain: Brian James dies aged 70
Another month of 2025 barely begun, and more sad news from the music world, with the announcement that Brian James, founder of key...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 1
Last Doll Standing: David Johansen dies aged 75
He was a founder of one of the key American bands of the 1970s, the man behind swinging lounge singer Buster Poindexter, as well as an...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 19
Rick Buckler - R.I.P.
Another part of my childhood music scene died, on Monday, at the age of 69. Rick Buckler was born in Woking and died in Woking - and that...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 28, 2024
Songs from 2024
Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 19, 2024
Farewell Slim Dunlap
December is already a bad month for sad music anniversaries (Stuart Adamson, Kirsty MacColl and Terry Hall all died in December, amongst...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 4, 2024
Producer, Arranger, Band Leader, Legend - Quincy Jones dies aged 91
"Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones' passing. And although this is an...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 15, 2024
The best and worst of music: Addiction bust up and some wholesome Flavor
It is fair to say that the two music stories that caught my eye at the end of last week capture both the best and worst of the what music...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 14, 2024
R.E.M. at the Songwriter's Hall of Fame: the comet moment
Last night, the four original members of R.E.M. were back together one more time, receiving their induction into the Songwriter's Hall of...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 12, 2024
Au Revoir Françoise Hardy
One of the most celebrated French singers, Françoise Hardy, died yesterday at the age of 80. The news was broken by her son, Thomas...
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jamesgeraghty
May 10, 2024
'Recording Engineer' Albini dies at 61
Unfortunately, it has taken me a few days to get to this, but it is important to finally write this - because on Tuesday (7th May) the...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 16, 2024
Fear Of An Old Planet? Flavor Flav turns 65
Today is a birthday milestone for a member of a legendary hip hop crew - as yes, Flavor Flav, co-founder of Public Enemy turns 65. It is...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 4, 2024
3 New Songs Reviewed + Reflections on MC5 Legend Kramer
Every now and again, there are a handful of new tunes that grab my attention and it becomes worth bundling them together and sharing them...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 17, 2023
Happy 65th - Mike Mills!
On this day in 1958, Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California. He would go on to be the bass player in perhaps one of...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 26, 2023
Natalie Merchant at 60
Today we are wishing a very happy 60th birthday to one of my favourite singers - Natalie Anne Merchant - born on this day 1963, in...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 17, 2023
Geoff Davies passes aged 80 (and playlist)
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...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 10, 2023
Beastie Boys Square
Many have been marking this year as the 50th anniversary of hip hop. It is a genre so inextricably linked with New York City, it was...
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jamesgeraghty
May 17, 2023
John Giblin, bass legend, dies aged 71
We found out yesterday, that bass player extraordinaire, John Giblin, had passed awy on Sunday (14 May) at the age of 71, after 'a short...
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jamesgeraghty
Feb 9, 2023
Burt Bacharach dies age 94
Yesterday we lost the one of the most famous and distinctive songwriters of the last sixty years in Burt Bacharach, who passed away aged...
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jamesgeraghty
Jan 12, 2023
Jeff Beck: A Tribute
Well, this wasn't what I was going to be writing about today - but that can wait for another time. For a year that had already gotten off...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 8, 2022
Jet Black - the Old Age Punk - dies at 84
Another sad bit of news coming in from the world of punk - drummer and founder member of The Stranglers, a.k.a. The Men In Black - Jet...
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