Now here's an admission. Echo and the Bunnymen were alright. They weren't the best thing Liverpool had produced since the Beatles, and in...

Bought on a whim for a quid in a charity shop, I was pleasantly surprised by this Newcastle band and played the album a few times when I...

Back at the time, Bristol's trip-hop first team were all the rage, and this album was a firm favourite. I suspect I might have been drawn...

In 1977, listening to John Martyn albums would have been very low on my to-do list, and it would be many years before I heard anything by...

One of my favourite jazz albums, yet to be reviewed is Miles Davis' In A Silent Way. A young guitarist from Doncaster, John McLaughlin...

Nick Lowe is most definitely a 'good thing'. Erstwhile bassist and songwriter with Brinsley Schwarz, go-to producer to get top tunes down...

Arto Lindsay is an American musician, who grew up in Brazil, and much of his music shows these dual influences. I've mentioned how I...

By 1980 The Jam had conquered all before them, and seemed to churn out great hit singles for fun. Following two absolute classic albums,...

I've just counted and I own 16 Neil Young CDs. Now I quite like a lot of Young's music but I'm no megafan and can only put this down to...

This one was a bit of a punt, that I don’t remember buying. I’m speculating that the album cover showing Kirk playing two saxes at once...

An ever-present album throughout my teenage years, even though I was only eleven when it was released. Every mid-seventies party would...

Joni Mitchell was 80 years old yesterday, so it seemed apt to look at one of her albums at last. Happy Birthday if you're reading, Joni....

Lapis Lazuli are a Canterbury band who seem not to have been active since 2020. There was a phase in the last decade with various bands...

I knew little about Leo Kottke, apart from having seen him on Old Grey Whistle Test a couple of times in the 1970s, and being aware of...

I've always been interested to listen to music from around the world, and often find much to enjoy, I've no recollection of buying this...

If you want to listen to swing jazz from the 1940s you could do a lot worse than pick up a Louis Jordan compilation, and given how Jordan...

I was attracted to this album for a quid at a boot fair, as it was released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, which is generally a...

This one's a bit of a cheat, because I didn't buy it. it came free with a Sunday newspaper that I wouldn't buy, even if there was a...

I did have a bit of a folk-rock phase at one time, and have never lost my affection for the late 60s / early 70s Fairport albums, but I...

About eight years ago, I noticed that Marc Riley had an BBC TV show called All Shook Up, and the current episode featured long time...