The fact I most remember about Hendrix, is that he played a right handed Fender Stratocaster strung upside down. While many say it attributed to his sound, I would argue that it was because the man was genius, and he could have played a trombone upside down and still rocked everyones world. From wikipedia.org: “The [...]

Man these cats were the craziest. Bootsy Collins and George Clinton were some out of it guys, and their collaboration in Parliament resulted in some of the earliest (and best) funk tracks of all time. “Tear the Roof Off…” covers all the greats from their hey-days ‘P Funk’, ‘Up on the Down Stroke’, ‘Bop Gun’, [...]

Apple and Nike have collaborated on a new piece of technology that synchs a pedometre in your shoe with your iPod Nano. Excellent for people who run – but seems to be a bit gimmicky….when it starts accurately tracking how far you have run using GPS, then I will be impressed. Read more about it [...]

What can you say about the Chilis? They’ve managed to carve a niche in the market that no one will ever take away from them. No one sounds like them, and no one could. Pretty good for a band that has gone through all the crap they’ve been through. I really didn’t like ‘By The [...]

Like the Studio One Classics compilation, this album features the cream of reggae/ska’s performers. It is amazing to think the music that must have been created inside that little Jamaican studio. Heavy hitters such as Ernest Raglin, Johny Osbourne (his classic “Truth and Rights” features here in its glory), The Skatalites, Dawn Penn and Horace [...]

There’s little doubt that Underworld were the innovators in electronica. Their catalogue spans back to the late 1970′s. This collection of singles covers the 90s era of their work (not that I have heard any of their older stuff), and the tracks ‘Rez’, ‘Born Slippy’, ‘Bigmouth’ and ‘Push Downstairs’ feature. I have always quite liked [...]

Possibly as strong as his other two albums, 2005′s Soulife again highlights the amazing talent that Anthony Hamilton is. The opening track “I Used To Love Someone” has to be one of the nicest R&B tracks of recent times, and sets up the whole album nicely, leaving you to roll gently through the 50 something [...]

Maybe its something about the weather at the moment – you know, 90% of the time, Wellington looks a lot like this – but my music taste at today is a little solemn…so here’s what I’m loving as of today…. Bic Runga, Delight (Live at Helen St Studios) I think that this track sounds better [...]