Day 317 The Fall "Living Too Late"

More of the genius that is MES

Day 316 Fontella Bass

I saw her sing with Cinematic Orchestra back in the Vital days (2001, I think).  Life changing...

Day 315 Gil Scott-Heron "B Movie"

I'm ashamed to realise that I've spent nearly a year posting songs and not posted one by one of my musical heroes, Gil Scott-Heron.  I apologise and will try and make up for it.  Here goes part one...

Day 314 Public Enemy "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos"

What's your favourite opening line in a song?  This would have to be mine...

Day 313 Nusart Fateh Ali Khan "Musst Musst (Massive Attack Remix)"

Yesterday we went to the holiest site in Islam that non-Muslims can go to (Eyup Mosque in Istanbul. )
In my own way (that is, ignorant of a lot of what Islam is about) it put me in mind of this...

Day 312 Susan Barrett "What's It Gonna Be"

On the day my beautiful partner has her birthday (she looks younger now than the day I met her, you know) here's her classic rendition of a Dusty Springfield song, from her album "Mixed Emotions". Beautiful and talented...I am a lucky man.

Day 311 The Incredible Bongo Band "Apache"

Above all I love it for its unlikeliness.  A bunch of sessions musicians mucking around with an old Shadows tune produce the greatest breakbeat of all time.