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Perfect 10: the Bee Gees

Is talent genetic? There’s certainly a pervasive argument to suggest it might be. Some of the most successful performers in pop history are part of musical families – top drawer acts like…
September 1, 2026
byWayne Studer

Düsseldorf, London, Paris, Tunbridge Wells: station to station with the Bowie-Kraftwerk connection

August 20, 2026
Highlights

Turn around, Tyler: Bonnie’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart and one outrageously homoerotic video

July 11, 2026

Every night is Friday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys fifth night review

July 10, 2026

It’s Thursday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys fourth night review

July 9, 2026

It was a Wednesday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys third night review

July 8, 2026

Late on Tuesday evening: Obscure Pet Shop Boys second night review

July 7, 2026

Someone told me Monday: Obscure Pet Shop Boys first night review

July 6, 2026

From London to Berlin: the Obscure Pet Shop Boys (p)review

July 5, 2026
Random Jukebox

Random Jukebox: U2’s Miss Sarajevo, One New Year’s Day 

May 10, 2026

Random Jukebox: Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill + how they took over Bond from Bowie

May 12, 2025
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Say No Go: The surprise rehabilitation of Daryl Hall & John Oates (No Can Do)

July 2, 2026

Assessing the Girl Power of the Spice Girls — 90s nostalgia or a lasting legacy?

June 27, 2026
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Random Jukebox: Pondering Patti LaBelle’s big-haired Bond theme If You Asked Me To

Sometimes you just have to roll with the randomness of the storied jukebox, and today it picked a James Bond theme. But this ain’t no ordinary Bond theme, this is one of the secondary songs…
May 24, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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We shall overcome? Why Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is more relevant than ever

Racism, police brutality, riots, war, unemployment, disasters, environmental crisis: you could be forgiven for thinking What’s Going On is a record of our times in the 2020s. But no, it’s a…
May 21, 2026
bySteve Pafford

Angel or Legend? Assessing Bob Marley

Reputation or record sales? It’s a simple fact that Bob Marley was the first rock star of reggae. The leonine, dressed-down, kickabout messiah looked and sounded like he could lead an exodus…
May 11, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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Random Jukebox: Dinah Washington’s Mad About The Boy

One hundred years ago, jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington was born in Alabama. The Grammy-winning “Queen of the Jukeboxes” would leave this bitter earth behind at the tender age of 39,…
August 28, 2024
bySteve Pafford
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Mick Ronson on the wall: Heaven and Hell in Hull

Remembering the chief Spider, Mick Ronson, who died 33 years ago In the last week of summer 2019, I found myself in the Humberside hellhole of Kingston upon Hull for the first and quite…
April 29, 2026
bySteve Pafford

100 words for Windsor 

Historically, when it comes to notable Taureans April 21 has been a date with more than its fair share of Born On This Days, among them… Iggy Pop, of the Stooges Robert Smith, of the…
April 21, 2026
bySteve Pafford
Events

The winners took it all: ABBA’s Waterloo at 52

My, my. Ridley Scott’s Napoléon movie went down like a lead ballon with the French. Moi? Two years on and I’ve still yet to see it. And with friendly Axel from Apple at Nice’s CAP3000 ranting…
April 6, 2026
bySteve Pafford

Even better than the real thing: 11 Irish Icons that aren’t U2

Anyone who’s ever been to Ireland knows that music isn’t just part of their cultural heritage, but also an inescapable part of everyday life. Whether it’s the traditional live bands down the…
March 17, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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