Month: August 2026

Albert Ayler – The Holy Ghost Dysfunctionality and Searching for the Truth It would be fair to say that I have a complex relationship with the music of Albert Ayler. On a good day I will tell you why he is the most influential, soulful, and complex musician since John Coltrane or Duke Ellington and…
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Doughnuts and Chicken Soup I was introduced to the music of Captain Beefheart because I was loaned a copy of “An Evening with Wild Man Fisher by Wild Man Fisher” when I was sixteen and doing some DJing a local youth club. This strange double album was released on Reprise and had financial support and…
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I do two radio shows for Lionheart Radio, Alnwick. Lionheart is a community radio station in Alnwick, Northumberland manned entirely by volunteers and broadcasting on FM, DAB and on line. Both shows are live in the studio, no pre recording for me. Get all the mistakes live. They are published on my Facebook page. Another…
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GLOBAL VILLAGE TRUCKING COMPANY In my early years I used to go to a very seedy music venue in Manchester called The Stoneground (later called The Mayflower in the days of Punk). It was an old cinema, had seen better days but it was a great venue for up-and-coming bands. Sadly, it was beset with…
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I grew up listening to my father’s big Rediffusion radio set on the west coast of Donegal. A piece of furniture that always took about five minutes to warm the valves and get doing. I was fascinated by the dials and the far-off station names, Budapest, Athlone, Madrid, Hilversum, and others. Unlike today, the radio…
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