The Guardian has just launched Six Songs of Me (update Oct 28 2018 – sadly now defunct), a way to create the ‘record of your life’ and promote editorial around its music coverage over the summer. Here are mine: First song I bought: Rhythm Is A Dancer – Original 12″ by SNAP! Gets you dancing: Love Story by Layo […]
A ‘new’ Aaliyah track surfaced on Sunday via Drake’s OVO Festival blog (which he was hosting in Toronoto). It’s had mixed response, with some fans calling the posthumous track disrespectful – and the Haughton family denying any official involvement in an album that would see her unfinished work finally released 11 years after her death. […]
No Doubt. Such memories. The band are an essential part of my musical biography, from the dulcit tones of Don’t Speak to the undoubted career highlight that was Return of Saturn. Gwen was an emblem of a strong woman, she looked fantastic and the whole group introduced me to the idea of ska (in the […]