Much as I'm a massive Fripp fan now, I spent most of the 1970s ignorant of Fripp, King Crimson, his work with Bowie, Eno or any of his...

Time for a bit of Afro Jazz with Fela Kuti. This album, picked up for a steal in a charity shop, is Fela's response to Nigerian soldiers'...

I don't know what first drew me to Father John Misty, because his brand of country-tinged US pop is something I'm usually quite resistant...

In 1982, Cherry Red Records released, for 99p, Pillows And Prayers, a compilation album of groovy tunes for young hipsters, but I bought...

Picked up cheap somewhere (aren't they all?), this compilation of Cole Porter songs was a fundraiser for AIDS research and relief, and boasts a stellar line-up, even looking 30 years later. So, it's not a piece of high art, it's a bit of fun and a fundraiser, selling over a million copies and raising a million dollars for a good cause. Starting with the lead (hit) single, Neneh Cherry's individual, but dull version of I've Got You Under My Skin , there are twenty songs covere

A Fall Family Continuum project, it says on the cover, and a long awaited return for the rhythm section which powered The Fall for over...

The Millennium Dome attracted a lot of scorn and ridicule in 2000. A shame - we visited it twice with the kids and had a good day out...

Time for a break from the march through the alphabet, and we'll pick up a couple of recent purchases, the odd various artists and...

At the age of 14, ELP were probably my favourite band, despite the beloved John Peel famously describing them as 'a waste of talent and...

Back in 2010, I went with some friends to the Lounge On The Farm Festival for the day, and met up with my daughter and her friends who...

I was aware of Elbow as a band without hearing them until listening on 6Music and Marc Riley played The Birds from this album. It sounded...

I've always like Eels, since I first heard them, and have a few of their CDs. This one (no idea where or when bought, but Eels CDs aren't...

I knew nothing of Nick Drake beyond 'folk singer who tragically died young' in the 1970s, and never heard his music. In the 1990s he...

I've already mentioned my enjoyment of Fairport Convention, through pre-punk John Peel, so on finding this 2 CD album in a 'these CDs...

One day in the summer of 1977, I was minding my own business, searching through the racks at Probe Records, a place far more cool and...

Their identity secret when the albums which comprise this anthology were released, this XTC alter-ego built of Partridge, Moulding and...

The Dirty Three is an Australian instrumental trio, which includes Bad Seed Warren Ellis on violin and piano, hence my interest. I've no...

I was aware that Durutti Column were a Manchester band at the time, but paid them little attention, and didn't really hear anything by...

A train journey this weekend, hopefully to watch Everton avoid relegation (Spoiler - they did!), so the streaming choices may be a bit...

A couple of years ago, the Oxfam shop received a donation, probably from a reviewer, of a large number of interesting CDs in lovely...