Music is often the soundtrack to our lives. Sometimes its wallpaper, sometimes its art on the wall, decorative and lovely. We forget it does have power. Why would a regime try to ban a song unless they were afraid of its power? Read More…

Each player has a small icon representing a chosen musical instrument. Players are given credit points based on their ability to actually play an instrument with bonus points for being able to sing and play at the same time. These factors will define where on the boardgame you start. Read More…

As the British Tory party muddles its way through the choosing a new leader like a blindfolded person trying to stick the tail on a donkey, the once upon a time Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been trying against all odds to stay in No 10 Downing Street. Meanwhile, a wild-eyed cluster of ambitious Tories are in true power- seeking mode and eyeing up the Prime Minister’s job. Read More…

I played 3 songs as [art of set recently. Two of my own with one so hot of the press I had the words on big sheets of paper on the floor in front of me. I also did a cover version of an old favourite. The song was ‘Couldn’t Love You More’ by John Martyn. Read More…

My quest this week is to reclaim, on behalf of all those aged under two years of age, the words babe and baby from the clutches of songwriters. Along with “I love you” it must be the most misused song lyrical gambit of all time. If you become the focus of someone’s affection in song would you not question why they would want to call you Baby? Read More…

Three chords, maybe four, a minor seventh, nothing more. That’s how it begins then the heartache starts. Is this tune an old familiar friend in disguise? There are only so many notes, so many sequences that can be strung together to form a melody, that the chances of cloning an existing idea are very high. Read More…