Unthought of, though, somehow

Anita Ward went to No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1979 with 'Ring My Bell' and, before the year was out, UK lovers rock trio ...

The second ever single on the Rough Trade label featured Augustus Pablo's divine melodica drifting across the Rockers All Stars rhythm o...

My mate and I have been going to FolkEast for several years now and, creatures of habit that we are, we always pitch our tents next to each ...

Here's the great Augustus Pablo, riffing on Leroy Sibbles' 'Guiding Star' riddim, which goes back to the 1971 Heptones si...

There we were, Dad and I, wandering around a school fete in Leytonstone forty nine years ago, when I spotted the Hackney Speedway stall tu...

Last week was a hot one. Throughout most of Wednesday, as temperatures soared through the 30° mark, I hunkered down indoors with the curt...

Saturday Scratch, an occasional series that shines a light on a selection with a Lee 'Scratch' Perry connection. Earlier th...

One evening, when I was 12, I persuaded Mum to put my long, thick, straight hair in curlers. I've always hated my shapeless hair and...

Following yesterday's humidity-fest and little of the predicted overnight rain to cool things down, this morning dawned thick, mild an...

The ska original of 'Artibella' appeared on Studio One in 1965, credited to Ken Booth & Stranger Cole ( here ). Boothe release...

It's a warm, sunny day for those who are out and about in West London, enjoying the Notting Hill Carnival. I've been to a few Carniv...

Here's a lost treasure from the Black Ark, dating back to the late 1970's.....hold it, hold it.....rewind selector. I cannot tel...