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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WW1 Battlefield
103 years ago, my Grandfather was hit by shrapnel in a fierce battle to capture Trônes Wood south of Longueval in Northern France. He had arrived in France a year earlier on the paddle...
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...
The Town Ruled By Monkeys
Britain brought railways to India and after defence, the system is the country’s biggest employer. Could we do with their help to bring some order back to our regular commuter journey to work and...
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...
Make a Difference
As the UK holiday season gets into top gear how about making a difference to the country you visit. I am a huge fan of the charity Pack for a Purpose and have seen...
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...
