A PRINCE AMONG MUSICIANS

his commercially-acceptable face of erotica opened the doors for those who would subsequently burst through those doors with more aggresive and foul-mouthed tirades.

HIS NAME IS ON THEIR FLAMING LIPS

On the deepest level, making music for the Flaming Lips requires tapping into an egoless naivety, a complete surrender to the song

SHIRLEY BASSEY KEEPS HER PROMISE

Even now, if a track of this album were to be played on the radio with no introduction you would still recognise that voice as soon as you heard it.
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A KIND OF IMMORTALITY for Helen Reddy

down the radio waves she somehow left a record, Angie Baby, on the jukebox of my mind that has stayed with me over forty years.
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IT´S NOT ALL ABOUT ME, says Maisie Peters

´I can’t imagine telling past me that she was going to go on tour with someone in One Direction.´
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WES MCGHEE; SONGS OF NEON AND DUST

"the subconscious comes out when you're writing, and there are all sorts of wild theories about why that is, but I'd rather not know why."
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MIRANDA LAMBERT: a real Pistol Annie

´I don't write about angels, Jesus, happy days, kids. I grew up on drinkin', cheatin', love gone bad,´
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NOT GOING OUT & NOT STAYING IN

So, I have of late been beavering away on face book seeking new contacts, fellow supporters of jazz, jazz clubs and jazz groups. I think post corona virus I have a readymade list of new music, places and friends to see.
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GARY HALL: A RECONSTRUCTION

I felt for those people: the sheer anger, and pity, affected my songs and added the sweet and sour they might have lacked had my parents been dentists bringing me up in Suburbia.