Climate change, drone bombings, the President, violent masculinity, humans vs. the Earth, cannibalism as a metaphor—these are not topics that make up the average alternative pop album. Then again,...
Highly successful and bestselling recording artist, guitarist, and gender-bending fashion icon Prince died yesterday at his Paisley Park recording studio complex, in his hometown of Chanhassen,...
Country music is a much-maligned genre which doesn’t get the credit it deserves for being utterly brilliant. For those of you who, like me, grew up thinking country music was all John Denver and...
There was only ever one song that would make a suitable finale to our musical advent calendar and it is, of course, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. Another titan of glam rock, also from the Midlands...
Today's calendar entry is - confession time - my personal all-time favourite Christmas song. I love all of the songs we've featured in the calendar but the reason I really love this one is its...
And welcome to the 1980s! Unlike most of the other big Christmas hits, I have never met anyone who doesn't like this song - it seems to be universally accepted as a Christmas classic. In fact, one...
Chris Rea was one of the voices of my childhood. Every summer we used to make the drive from Birmingham up to Sunderland to visit my grandparents and one of the albums that we used to listen to in...
Today's entry on our musical advent calendar takes us back to 1973 and has been a perennial favourite ever since. It's definitely one of the most beloved Christmas songs of my childhood, and...
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town has a solid claim to being THE original Christmas hit. Originally released in two formats in 1934 - vinyl and sheet music - it sold over 130,000 copies within 24 hours...
Behind the door of today's advent calendar lie two entries for the price of one, like when you open the door and get two chocolates, or bite into your KitKat and get solid chocolate with no wafer....
