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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1

Boy George This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1 BGP Records If Lou Reed and Keith Richards were the two at the top of the list of rock stars most likely to not survive the 1970s then in the late 1990s and across the 00s it was the two Georges: Georgios Panayiotou (aka George Michael) […]

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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life

I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]

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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Kate Tempest (January 14, Wgtn)

Kate Tempest Bodega Thursday, January 14 Kate Tempest is a British poet, playwright, storyteller, rapper and force of nature. She is all at once Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ani DiFranco and Bob Dylan – and as likely to have been deeply influenced by all of them, or to have sprung up on her own, loving words […]

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September 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1278

Linton Kwesi Johnson, Forces of Victory (1979) I won’t repeat the story of how I came to Linton Kwesi Johnson’s writing and music – I’ll just link to it. But this album is certainly a special one for me because the very first piece of his that really resonated with me, the first thing I […]