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 ...

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

I traditionally save myself just enough annual leave to take a little time off after the Christmas mayhem has subsided, though most years I ...

Have I really never posted this before? It's hard to believe quite frankly. 'Are We a Warrior', the title track of Ijahman Levi...

In my mind, this series is a relatively recent, if not altogether regular, feature on the blog. Of course nothing has been particularly regu...

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

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...

Almost exactly a year ago, I was the first of our merry band to roll into Edinburgh for BlogCon '22, allowing me almost a full day to ex...

Well what are the chances? Deep into the second half of a lifetime devoted to music, with a significant amount of those years enjoying the o...

Whenever discussing my longstanding unease with air travel, I inevitably reach for the same (absolutely true) anecdote, one that I shared on...

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...

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 ...

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...

You may recognise 'Jah No Dead' from Winston Rodney's impassioned solo acapella version, sung over the sound of crashing waves i...

A belated tribute to the great Robbie Shakespeare today, by way of 'Gates of Zion', a stand alone 1980 single from The Mighty Diamon...