There has been a growing number of record deals in the last year that for a whole host of artists that manage not just their albums but there entire output. For many of the big artists more money is coming from tours than from sales of records. Is this a good trend? To answer that [...]

Radio 4 recently presented a program about Madonna at 50. The focus of the program was how Madonna had adaptive her style to match each new style of music. There is in principle nothing new about that. Rolling stones have been doing that for a long as they have been around taking on attributes and [...]

Obama last night addressed some Berliners, When any possible American president addresses Germans, comparison are made to JFK’s famous speech and sometimes to Ronald Reagans speech which is considered in some circles to have been more influential in bringing about the biggest change in Berlin in sixty years. The bringing down of the Berlin wall. [...]

Does anybody have a complete list of bands that have played on Jools Holland over the years. I will publish such list. I remember seeing so many great artists but cannot remember their names. Hence why I am looking for a complete list. So far I have got these names.

Battles (band)
Crowded House
Kurt Elling
Hard-Fi
Richard Hawley
King Creosote
Kaki [...]

I have just recently been listening to some Ethiopian Jazz. What got me started on it was a Film called Broken Dreams starring Bill Murray. I do like old Bill. He has come a long way since his Ghost-busting days. Life Aquatic (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) was one my all time favorite [...]