Before The Flood

He was on Later with Jools Holland the other night and naturally stole the show so head on over to our old friend JR and check out Allen Toussaint's "What Is Success". Once you get a taste for the New Orleans master's work, get a hold of "Life, Love & Faith" and "Southern Nights". Highly recommended.

Hungry For The Wolf?

Sadly there's only so many Howlin' Wolf recordings in the world and they won't be making any more of them but, luckily for you and me, Mr Arkadin has posted most of them on his site in the form of the Complete Recordings 1951-1969. Not even the worst of idiots could go wrong.

Tears For Levi Stubbs

RIP the Voice

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Been A Long Time Since I ...

Ages away from this as real life gets in the way, where are the stories of Tom Waits and the Electric Picnic? In the meantime, dig on this;

That's "I Forgot To Be Your Lover" by William Bell and if you want more of the same, here's an early Christmas present recommendation from the boy.