I think the past month might go down as the juncture in my musical journey when I finally started to love King Crimson. It is certainly not the month when I started listening to them, that began at least five years ago when I began collecting the remastered anniversary CD re-issues of their original late… Read more

One of my first ever interactions with another music journalist occurred after a Paul Simon concert in 1991 that I attended. I think it was in the Daily Telegraph that the review appeared and, having loved the gig from start to finish, I was rather disappointed with a write up focusing on Simon’s spontaneity zapping… Read more

Apologies for the slightly later in the month posting of the playlist this time around. Life has got in the way a bit but not to the extent that the music exploration has stopped. In fact, alongside the usual record/song hunting the past month has seen me dive into some bumper fun archive box set… Read more

Out of all my long term favourite bands who could still reunite with original members, REM are the ones who would prompt the most excitement. I write this because a reunion, of sorts, has taken place over the past month when all four were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. To mark the occasion,… Read more