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New Woodleigh Research Facility album!
This week's big announcement - 'Anamchara'
ANDREW WEATHERALL: Tribute & selected discography
My Record Collector piece after his untimely passing six years ago. Much has transpired since then and he's never far away. Only discog expansion can…
MARTIN REV: Keyboard glory
I've been writing a lot about the NYC legend recently; for his book and mine, Suicide & solo, so here's some of his remarkable life story in an epic…
Liner note archive: CRIME & PUNISHMENT: Bloody Ballads, Prison Moans & Chain Gang Blues Pt 2
You just had the Crime, here's the Punishment!
Liner Note Archive: CRIME & PUNISHMENT: Bloody Ballads, Prison Moans & Chain Gang Blues
In early 2012 I compiled, annotated and illustrated a 2CD set; one murder ballads (inc. Strange Fruit), the other jail songs. Here's the Crime…
Memoir out-take #14: THE CLASH: Give 'Em Enough Rope (& Happy birthday Topper!)
I meane to post this at the weekend but got bogged down in the ongoing memoir slashing process. I loved The Clash's second album. So did my dear mate…
Reviews archive: The Country Blues of JOHN LEE HOOKER
I've always had a thing about the Boogie Man. Celebrating his breakthrough LP's 60th in 2019 with a Craft Recordings reissue; as reviewed in Classic…
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It'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
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