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It is no secret that, much like Art, Poetry or Fiction, what is regarded as good or bad music is a matter of opinion; it is subjective. Depending on how diverse your music taste is, you might love Reggae, Disco and Indie but absolutely...

Originally marketed towards churches as a cheaper alternative to costly pipe organs, Hammond have been producing electric organs since 1935. But 1955 was the year which gave them a special place in music history with the release of their...

For many music geeks, the name Gil Scott-Heron will be one that is close to heart. Seen by many in the music industry as the godfather of hip-hop (despite his rejection of these claims) the late Scott-Heron had an immense talent as a...

In popular music over the last 60 odd years there has never been a shortage of bands who have put out one or two great albums or tracks and then fallen completely off the radar, hence the common phrase ‘one hit wonder’. Indeed, the sad...

When something comes into vogue, as House Music has done in last few years, there is a massive danger of sounding inherently pretentious when writing or talking about it. This is not the aim of this post. If we put judgements aside the...

Over a music career that has lasted over 40 years the late Prince sold an impressive 150 million albums. In doing so, he has become a household name all around the globe. He has also become a very complex musician to write about because...

House and Highlife. Here are two fundamentally different styles of music originating from 2 entirely different continents; House came to fruition in the early to mid 1980’s in Chicago, America, Highlife was born during the early 20th...

‘Bird.’ A name commonly used in reference to the legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Despite many variations in the story of why exactly people called him this, when you listen to the free-flowing nature of his revolutionary...

Eugene Dixon has gone by a fair few names over the years, but most famously he was known as ‘The Duke of Earl’ and ‘Gene Chandler.’ Any enthusiasts of the Doo-wop style of music that flourished in the 1950’s and early 60’s will probably...

Willie Hutch will probably be a familiar name to those of you who are fans of the Soul & R&B genres; if he is not, you might have just found a new favourite artist! This superstar is most well-known for writing the soundtracks for the...

Despite having only two full solo studio albums under her belt, the music career of the late singer Lyn Collins was far from the ordinary. Releasing her first single aged 14 in 1962, she sang vocals on the wonderful Northern Soul track,...

In 2015, the famous dance music label Nervous Records released an absolutely phenomenal record. Let’s Do It (A Louie Vega Remixes) has two remixes of the classic underground 80’s club hit ‘Let’s Do It’ by the disco-funk band Convertion....

The amount of times the famous song ‘House of The Rising Sun’ has been covered over the years is quite astonishing. Indeed, the song itself has a very ambiguous history surrounding it. It is unclear who the original author of it was and...

If you like your reggae then knowing of the name Hopeton Lewis is a must if you want to understand some of the history behind the genre; he was one of the first Jamaican artists to release a ‘rocksteady’ track. This was a short-lived but...

Michael Eugene Archer aka ‘D’Angelo’ was born in Virginia in the U.S.A and began playing the piano at age of 3. His music career took shape as a teenager when he performed with a number of groups including a band with his cousins called...

Larry Heard will be a name close to heart for any serious House Music fans; he is to House, what a record is to a turntable; it is impossible to talk about one’s history without mention of the others. Heard has released tracks under a...

If a list were made identifying some of the most underrated artists of the last 50 years, ‘The Godfather of Neo Soul’, Roy Ayers would surely be high up on it. Having released 91 albums over a near 6 decade career, his name will be no...