Valentines Candlelit Dinner
Parts 1 and 2 of my “Music for a candlelit dinner” playlist for Valentine’s Sunday 2021 (originally published through my twitter account). There were so many great tracks it was impossible to do just one...
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Great Ocean Road
Are some of the must see Heritage sites of the world victims of their own success? At the risk of Australian howls of protest, the iconic Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road look...
All Aboard The M Express
The Ultimate In Luxury Rail Travel. (aka The Worlds Most Expensive Rail Journey) Maybe we could do with the Indian rail system to run some of our routes. We moan about expensive late running...
Seven More For The Summer
Summer Fling – The O’Jays. Circa 1984. Naughty or Nice or Naughty and Nice. The perfect tune as a reminder of that summer holiday romance. Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington Junior...
Seven For The Summer
A personal seven for THE SUMMER. More carefully selected sevens soon! Little Sunflower – Freddie Hubbard/Al Jarreau Summer Breeze – Isley Brothers Burnin Up The Carnival – Joe Sample Summer Song – Grover Washington...
Emotions
In this Blues and Soul chart from August 1977 I included top tracks from both the BBC Radio London and Radio 1 programmes. The Emotions are number one with Best Of My Love and...
Power Of The Dance Floor
The number one on my chart for Blues and Soul in April 1977 underlined just how important the dance floor could be in making a hit record. The Bo Kirkland and Ruth Davis track...
Maurice White
Looking through the all-important Blues and Soul magazines from decades past it was interesting to see the reaction from Earth Wind and Fires Maurice White to the groups break through pop chart track in...
Jazz Funk 40 Selection – July 1979 to January 1981
Earl Klugh – Spellbound Hiroshima – Lion Dance Bobby Humphry – Chicago Dawn Lonnie Smith – Babbitt’s Other Song Donald Byrd – Lansana’s Priestess Ronnie Foster – Happy Song Lonnie Liston Smith – Quiet...
Cornwall
Fancy a winter break at a hotel that promises NO Snow and backs up the promise with a free night if the white stuff arrives. Fancy a winter break at a real traditional British...
