I didn’t know that, @Alias. The right man for the job!

I am curious too about that whole scene around Kid Creole in the 80s and Stephanie Fuller @Alias. This fills in a few gaps. Here’s a discography for Stephanie Fuller. I was interested to read that Kid Creole […]

That Elbow Jones track is superb. Here’s a little background. @Alias is another fan of Coati Mundi. All these guys are certainly not forgotten!

@Alias A cousin of mine in Ireland apparently sat directly behind Gerry Adams during Leonard Cohen’s Slaine Castle gig in the late naughties. There was apparently very little unwrapping and crunching of […]

Sounds good to me! If you kick it off, @Alias, I will be very happy to contribute. An enthusiast in 2024 on Spotify can produce compilations that their predecessors who were compiling LPs for release could only […]

Yes @Alias. I checked the name of the director: Marcelo Machado. It’s the same film. But here we get the whole thig free on YT. So I’m very glad you mentioned it!

Yes indeed, @Alias. That Tropicalia film is definitely on my Xmas list. I browsed through their catalogue and was very impressed by the range of music styles they cover. and by all the events and special […]

Damn right @Alias. It’s a humdinger of a soundtrack and an extremely enjoyable movie. Several NOLA luminaries such as the Neville Brothers make an appearance. Here they are performing a fine song from the […]

Xmas came early this year! Thanks a lot for this @Alias. I look forward to watching the whole thing. And listening too. I presume that you know that NPR’s Tiny Desk went latin for a whole month recently. I […]

And as I’m rather partial to some go go, I’m delighted to see that the soundtrack album is on Spotify, @Alias. Chrís Blackwell had something of a Midas touch so it’s surprising that he came so very unstuck with […]

Two magnificent cover versions there @Alias. i suspect Mancini would have been very proud No Space Age Bachelor Pad is complete without that Waltel Banco album! And the La33 version is a revelation. That gets […]

I’ll keep my eye open for that one @Alias. Thanks for the tip. I can well imagine that it’s the kind of film that might do well on the festival circuit. And then hopefully a local distributor will take a […]

Thanks @Alias. That is a pretty remarkable story. The tale of Busby led me to this wonderfully detailed article about the rock steady scene. That will keep me busy all day. The Harder they Come is probably […]

That’s a smooth, smoochy beauty @Alias. Throughout the years those Jamaicans did a surprising number of 007 cover versions. This list certainly surprised me:

Dionne with an Afro bloc! What a revelation @Alias! Here she is doing it live in Brazil with a gaggle of teenagers who to be honest seem a little confused. Star struck perhpas? Here’s a review of the […]

That is a remarkable sight @Alias. I’ve seen John Martyn throw reefers into the audience. But a gig where the audience are queuing up to get a noseful of the headliner’s coke is something else. A very […]

Sergio Mendes made great contribution to the bossa nova craze that was sweeping the country. I found this quote, @Alias, which suggests that bossa provided the soundtrack for the Kennedy Camelot. “The […]

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Great comment,@Alias. A cue or a song or two! Let’s give Mr Bosco a listen.

@allium-sativum @Alias Do yourselves a favour and watch David Edgar’s fabulous 1978 play, Destiny. Its message about right wing parties’ cynical use of easy solutions to build their power base is as rel […]