After leaving Fairport Convention in 1971, Richard Thompson released his first solo album Henry The Human Fly to negative reviews. The next five albums saw Thompson perform as a duo with singer and wife to be Linda Peters credited as Richard And Linda Thompson. Their last album together, Shoot Out The Lights, preceded a break up […]
Sad and shocking news this week as The Chameleon’s drummer John Lever has passed away after a short illness. John was the driving powerhouse in one of the great Post-Punk, edgy guitar bands. Their sound captured both simultaneous intensity and atmosphere in a unique musical chemistry. Singer Mark Burgess announced this week that John had […]
Losing Leonard Cohen at 82 and Leon Russell at 74 is tragic but 57 is just too young to leave. Pete Burns died suddenly of a heart attack on 23rd October after a life of brilliant eccentricity that in his own inimitable way he managed to manifest in a down to earth manner that made him just […]
The Model was never actually intended to be a single in its English translation. Released as a single in Germany from the 1978 album Die Mensch-Maschine, the English language version only found its way onto a single as the B side to the title track from their following album Computer Love (1981) reaching No. 36 in […]
Tonight Sunday 3rd July I will be seeing King Sunny Adé, legend of Nigerian Juju music, live in Central Park. If you are not aware of his music you may want to watch the documentary below. Adé, also known as the Minister of Enjoyment and the African Bob Marley, along with Ebenezer Obey is a pioneer […]
Julian Cope’s modern lullaby from The Teardrop Explodes’ second album Wilder released in 1982. Miraculously for a song like this it reached the edge of The UK Top 40 but early forays into pretend Pop stardom might have been responsible. As I am in the process of moving that’s it for tonight but enjoy this […]