New York, 1981 and dance music magazine publisher Tom Silverman founded the label Tommy Boy Records. Tom created the label...
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It was in February 2021, that Cherry Red released The Liberty Recordings, a comprehensive account of Classix Nouveaux albums, from...
Vanilla Jenner, professionally known as Viji is the artist behind the debut album So Vanilla which is my listening pleasure...
Picture the scene, it was 1986 and the NME included a compilation cassette, C86 on the cover of their magazine....
Howard Jones could be described as one of music’s elder statesmen, having been active in the music business for 40...
“No Future” was a chant that epitomised 1977 and the punk explosion that happened across the UK. The likes of...
I’ve said before when reviewing the reissue of the ‘O-Mit’ EP, that it wasn’t until hearing the Infotainment Scan album...
It was in 1979 that Spinal Tap emerged from music’s funnier side on ABC television’s sketch comedy pilot The T.V. Show,...
The impact Paul Hardcastle’s single ’19’ had on, anyone living in 1985 was immense. It was not just the visuals...
In the early 1980s, education was unlikely to be the same again, or at least that was what my adolescent...
On the surface of this story is the incredibly sad fact, one half of the duo Mel & Kim, Mel...
A long-time fan of the music that came out of Liverpool, seems I joined the party a little too late....
Tom Robinson is one of music’s veterans. Described as “…musically active…”, he hosts a number of shows on 6Music, as...
An outfit who are no slouch when it comes to celebrating continued success, with their record label reissuing another deluxe...
In the early ’80s, Big Country was one of a raft of Scottish bands who would take their sound south...