May 71 minMusicASTRAL MAGIC WITH SHANE BECK – THE SECRET PATHS: MORE RARITIES (2024) (Bandcamp)Santtu Laakso has collaborated with American poet Shane Beck before on “The Last American Poet”; this was my first experience of the...
May 72 minMusicJOHN’S CHILDREN – DISSTORY: and a connection to the “Miniatures” collection of 2020Here is an abridged extract from my book “Within You, Without You: A Sociological, Cultural and Musical History of Britain, 1945-1967.”...
Apr 232 minAN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONEY POT WITH CRYSTAL JACQUELINE (Fruits de Mer Records) (2024)MIGHTY BABY were of course descendants of The Action (Paul Weller and Phil Collins were fans). And there is a mighty fine version of...