Released: 1967 So when everything in pop is somehow British, how do you respond as an American artist? Well, the … More
Tag: Soul
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #76 Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya
Released: 1961 Part of the entertainment industry’s lure is it’s (Supposed) equality of opportunity; you can be anyone, anywhere, and … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #85 Marlena Shaw – California Soul
Released: 1969 What makes a version of an often recorded song the version? The obvious answer is many things, ignoring … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #97 Roy C – Shotgun Wedding
Released: 1966 More seemingly than any other genre that was given birth to in the sixties, soul became a battleground. … More
The Redskins – These Furious Flames! Live! 1985-86 review
The Redskins were one of those bands for whom an exclamation mark always felt it made sense. Having only released … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #20 Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
Released: 2007 “When all hope is gone/Sad songs say so much” Do we really over-eulogise about records which come in … More
Sampha – Lahai review
Winning big things is not necessarily always the career catalyst an outsider may feel it should be. Sampha’s debut album … More
Willie J Healey – Bunny review
Mike Tyson famously once said “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” A former boxer himself, … More
Jayda G – Guy review
Everyone processes loss differently. When a box full of tapes made by her father in the final months before his … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #62 The Go! Team – Ladyflash
Released: 2006 Go! Team erm..leader, Ian Parton was quite sanguine when explaining what he felt were the reasons for the … More
