34 years ago this year, one of my favourite groups played a free concert in HMV, Grafton Street. As a rebellious 17-year-old who happened to have a Walkman-sized cassette recorder, I surreptitiously recorded their set. Fast forward more than three decades and, back home in Dublin for Christmas, my brother handed me three cassette tapes … Continue reading “Dignam & Goff, recorded July 1992”Read more…
Dance music history: Injected with some Belgians (and Germans)
In an earlier piece, I mainly focused on the influences on the UK dance scene. Of course, the UK isn’t the centre of the world and Europe also has a huge dance scene. Of course, you can’t write about European dance music without mentioning …Read more…
Soundtrack to protest: 5 of the best
Just a few weeks ago on October 4th, more than 60,000 people took to the streets of Manchester to protest at David Cameron’s austerity policies and attacks on the rights of working people and…Read more…
Back To The ’80s
Great music (mostly). Read more…