Original Hi-Rise Pirates 21 January 2018 My first foray into pirate radio was around 1990, when I joined Hardcore FM under the name DJ Tat, in partnership with my old friend,…
The Cream of '16 13 November 2016 2016 was the year of death, as social media bores won't tire of telling us. That hackneyed adage has overshadowed all the great new music…
Ghostwriting 20 October 2016 As a young musician, I felt that 'ghostwriting' was a dirty pairing of words. Why would anyone want to create music for someone else to…
Qawwali 17 September 2016 Sha E Mardan is a Qawwali music group whose members live in Sheffield and Bradford. Qawwali is a devotional music most popular in the…
You Dancin’? 16 August 2016 To some, dancing is something we do only when young. To these perhaps jaded souls, we dance throughout our childhood, in our teens and…
"It’s got leather seats, and a CD player, player, player..." 21 July 2016 The best place to listen to music is in a car. Apart from maybe live, if the band is good and no one is spilling beer over you, and some…
The Clash at The Mucky Duck 20 June 2016 4 July 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of a very notable debut which took place in Sheffield, namely punk legends The Clash’s first live…
Look Back In Anger 22 May 2016 Out they shone, like two silver bullets, irreverent and derisive, poking through the see-through black shirt that barely covered the torso.…
The importance of improvisation 21 March 2016 Music in our schools is important now more than ever. Our children deserve to experience all the depth and richness of a musical education,…
Pop Ate Itself And Got A Dicky Tummy 17 February 2016 Loathe him or loathe him, part-time lover and paint can power pop balladeer Phil Collins is a revelation. Yes, Phil Collins, the…