‘Rita was sixteen years… hazel eyes and chestnut hair… She made the Woolworth counter shine‘
Not many shops can claim to have inspired lyrics as beautiful as Nanci Griffith’s ‘Love at the Five and Dime” but …

A bad month for the BBC, standards falling, an elderly gentleman inappropriately used on air, and the decision making of those from the top to the bottom of the corporation called into question.
Yes, Thats right …

Any month that includes a new Akira The Don mixtape is a fine one indeed. ATD 16 is here and as ever it’s free from Akira’s website or for a fiver you can get an …

AUGUST BOOTY
Limited edition runs of 1970s style DJ re-edits seem to be flying off vinyl pressing plants at the moment. Far removed from the mash-ups of recent years (mix Nirvana with Destiny’s Child) the whole …

LACK OF AFRO
“Press On” the debut album from Lack Of Afro was one of the albums of 2007, effortlessly straddling the cool crowd and the less so. The lovingly crafted samples, and stomping funk had …

This is where a pithy summary of the last month should be but I’m late for my brothers wedding in Manchester. He’d be most upset if he missed the chance to see me in a …

Acid Brass sent The KLF to the colliery, Senor Coconut turned Kraftwerk Latin, and now Christian Prommer is taking dance classics to the jazz club.  From Jaydee’s “Plastic Dreams” to Kraftwerks “Trans-Europe Express“, Prommer chooses …

Last month marked three years since musiclikedirt.com first stumbled into the world of musical blogging. So self congratulations to myself for keeping going that long, or alternatively self flagellation for not “getting a life” in …

Two months in and still some people refuse to let 2007 die! Smashing my own record for the tardy posting of “year end best of’s” my brother declared his judgement on the year in late …