Arts and Entertainment

Difford & Tilbrook. True pop masters:

Proof that 'good' and 'hot' aren't mutually exclusive. I always thought they were hot. And good:

Too infectious to ignore. BTW, while most white people covering soul suck at it (*cough* Linda Ronstadt/Heat Wave *cough), Graham Parker more than did justice to this one:

"Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi Went to the park to check on the game But they was murdered by the other team Who went on to win fifty-nil":

A first. This song will be reprised on my Fave Tunes Of The Month list.  But it fits the Ford/Kavanaugh controversy so perfectly, it would have been musical malpractice to…

Did someone mention James Brown at the TAMI show? I saw this at the Warner Theatre.  This was definitely the highlight of that amazing concert film. Girls in the theatre…

This is my last day as your substitute DJ, so I wanted a big, boffo finish. And there's no bigger, more boffo way to finish than with a live version…

OK, I sense this crowd wants some kick-ass rock 'n' roll, and given the news this week, I think it should be from a woman's perspective. Sheer Mag was very…

I love cover versions that give familiar tunes a makeover. You won't find a more radical yet faithful reinterpretation of a classic than James Hill's solo performance of Michael Jackson's…

Music videos seem like artifacts of the past, but bands still release them, only with smaller budgets. One thing has improved -- back in the '80s you had to wait…

I was going to go with something a little more spiritual for Sunday, but when I heard about this cover of Ned Sublette’s “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each…

Saturday is the only night of the week I like the true blues, the sad, soulful kind sung in pain. But Saturday is also the night I'm most in the…

I guess El Som didn't want to break the news that it was only me playing guest DJ for his week off. I'll warn you now that I have ridiculously…