Music today comes from Dutch Beat group Q65. It was a CD kind of day and their first album Revolution released in 1966 is a classic of the genre known as Nederbeat. It’s like The Animals and The Stones and early Kinks but with equally great songs and style. Although there’s three Willie Dixon songs […]

Music today is staying in the past until I find the time to file records away and investigate all the new records that have arrived. Lots of new releases which my friend Ed Rogers in New York is asking me about. I was explaining to Ed today I’ve been enjoying wandering through the shelves and […]

Music today had to continue in the direction of “the other Dave Stewart” because I like the journey so much. The continuation was inspired by the arrival of a vinyl reissue of Egg’s The Polite Force from Sweden, but before I get to the other Hatfield and the North albums I have (The Rotters Club […]

Music today started with some good old-fashioned British-based Folk music, excellently executed by the relatively unknown band The Druids who were based in Derby. They were formed in 1969 as a trio with John Adams on mandolin and bass, Keith Hendrick on guitar and banjo and Mick Hennessy on bass, but the key was that […]

Music today has been the wonderful guitar playing of Derek Trucks and his band starting with his third album Joyful Noise (2002). He was just 23 when he made this album and he has said himself that it helps being the nephew of Butch Trucks, long time drummer in the Allman Brothers who he had […]

Music today is first by the band people thought were The Beatles incognito but weren’t! Klaatu were initially two Canadians, John Woloschuk (lead vocal, keys, bass, acoustic guitar, percussion) and Dee Long (electric guitar, keys) and joined by Terry Draper on the drums. They are a strange mixture of The Beatles meets Queen at a […]