For the love of music

For the love of music

This is the first draft of an essay published in Listen To Your Footsteps. I did make some edits for the final version. I have loved music for as long as I can remember. My father had a record (vinyl) collection that he regularly added to on his travels around the...
Music writing is not easy

Music writing is not easy

I wrote this for a print magazine but it was rejected and I wrote something else for them so figured why not share it here. Writing a column is a funny old thing. In the days when print was the be-all and end-all, being asked to write a column was akin to being given...
Questlove in times of Covid-19

Questlove in times of Covid-19

With all the content that is online – on the hour, every hour – I have been struggling to keep up, especially on Instagram. Since D-Nice launched his Homeschool at Club Quarantine on March 21st, there has been explosion of musical experiences online. With...
Life Soundtrack: Blk Sonshine ‘s Building

Life Soundtrack: Blk Sonshine ‘s Building

A friend was heading out for the night to the legendary Club 206 in Orange Grove to see ‘some new group called Blk Sonshine” and wanted to know if I would like to join him. I tagged along not knowing that this would be the start of a journey into the world...
Life Soundtrack: Roots Manuva’s Colossal Insights

Life Soundtrack: Roots Manuva’s Colossal Insights

It was late November in 2006 when I ‘discovered’ Roots Manuva. MySpace was the dominant social platform, laying the foundation for everything else that followed. I had two pages – which I haven’t been able to access for a decade because I have...
Fulfilling Promises With Visa Checkout

Fulfilling Promises With Visa Checkout

In the song Trenchtown Rock, from the 1975 Live! album recorded at a 1975 concent in London by Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bob Marley opens with the following lyrics: One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain, One good thing about music, when it hits,...

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