Unthought of, though, somehow

Devon Irons originally released 'Ketch Vampire' as a 7" single on Lee Perry's Black Art label in 1976, but the following ye...

From slap bang in the middle of the 1970s comes Bunny Clarke, aka Bunny Rugs, soon to become lead vocalist with Third World, but here in a s...

Dad would've loved to have visited New York. He had a life long fascination with the city and would no doubt have spent hours walking it...

Fronted by Everton Dacres, cousin of Barrington Levy, The Majesterians released a clutch of singles between the late 1970s and mid-1980s, be...

Heavy rain on Monday morning made the prospect of a decent day-off walk unlikely, but the weather had miraculously improved by lunchtime, so...

It's a long held belief among a couple of my closest friends, that I'd been unwittingly clobbered by Covid very early on -  here  in...

Edinburgh Waverley Station, 8.45am June 17th   The journey back from Blog-Con '22 in Edinburgh the Friday before last began comfortably ...

Last week was long, busy and, well, pretty darned glorious actually. Deets, as the kids say, to follow, but right now my brain is still mush...

Covid re-entered my workplace three weeks ago and has spent the time since cutting a swathe through the store. The staff have been dropping ...

Though Lee Perry's relationship with Island Records faltered in 1978, within the walls of the Black Ark, Scratch's work rate continu...

A legend, photographed with another legend. Perhaps it's an example of where I went wrong, business-wise, with my record shop, but one d...

Digging through some old photos recently, I came across this one, taken by Dad on one of our many Sunday outings around London in the mid-19...

Flip over the 12" of George Faith's classic 1977 reading of William Bell's 'To Be a Lover' and you'll find 'Ras...

Ian Brown, Van Morrison, Noel Gallagher...erm...that bloke from The Corrs - the list of pop stars who've chosen to eschew science and em...

 My Aunt & I in 1963 and at her 90th birthday party last August This was written a few days ago, but all being well, as you read t...

When Frank Dowding embraced Rastafarianism in the early 1970s, he amended his name to Kiddus I, Amharic for 'blessed one', and be...

In addition to recording as a solo artist for such legendary producers as Bunny 'Striker' Lee and Phil Pratt, Ronnie Davis also w...

Saturday Scratch, an occasional series that shines a light on a selection with a Lee 'Scratch' Perry connection.  And so we bid...

The mighty Lee Perry turns 80 tomorrow and to celebrate here's one of my favourite Scratch vocals. 'Jah Jah Ah Natty Dread', ...

It's been a while since the last edition of Saturday Scratch and this one comes bearing some bad news. A couple of days ago, part of ...