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Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-08-18 Don Letts sits in

4481 days ago
Core News“Don Letts continues to sit in for Gilles Peterson and today presents his selection of music from around the globe. Including songs from Tinariwen, Serge Gainsbourg and The Creole Choir of Cuba.” Check out other Gilles Peterson shows here and sub... more info

Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-08-11 Don Letts sits in

4487 days ago
Core News“Culture Clash Radio – The Don’s selections cross time, space and genre as he provides a taster of his regular Sunday night show while sitting in for Gilles Peterson.” Check out other Gilles Peterson shows here and subscribe to the feed to ge... more info

Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-08-04 Don Letts sits in

4495 days ago
Core News“The Don celebrates 50 Years of Jamaican Independence in style, with his pick of the small island’s massive musical output and his thoughts on the place of his parents’ birth.” Check out other Gilles Peterson shows here and subscribe to the f... more info

Tori Amos, Kristin Hersh, Anton Corbin and more recall their big career firsts

4700 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Tori Amos's dad chaperoning her at her first paid gig, to Don Letts DJing with only one deck, a host of stars recall the formative moments that kicked off their careersThe first time I was paid to play live Tori AmosI'd been kicked out of the P... more info

BBC Radio 6 Music goes vinyl-only on New Year's Day

4718 days ago
Guardian MusicStation to devote whole day to vinyl format with guest presenters including Jarvis Cocker, Guy Garvey and Cerys MatthewsBBC Radio 6 Music is to make New Year's Day a vinyl-only day. Many BBC stations phased out the use of vinyl records in favour of C... more info

Julie Delpy to direct Joe Strummer biopic

4751 days ago
Guardian MusicDelpy's film, The Right Profile, is set to focus on the Clash frontman's famous 1982 disappearance when a publicity stunt turned into realityHe was no stranger to the big screen during his lifetime, working with film-makers such as Alex Cox, Jim Jarm... more info

Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Rockumentary)

4812 days ago
Totally Fuzzy This BBC FOUR documentary from Grammy-winning director Don Letts looks at the godfather of rap's significance to music and civil rights. Scott-Heron's confrontational, no-nonsense street poetry and songwriting skills have inspired the mode... more info

Big Audio Dynamite – review

4988 days ago
Guardian MusicAcademy, LiverpoolJoe Strummer's 2002 demise put paid to any lingering talk of a Clash reunion, so it was perhaps inevitable that Mick Jones would eventually bow to nostalgia and reform his other famous group. Indeed, some argue that Big Audio Dynami... more info

Big Audio Dynamite original lineup playing NY after Coachella

5010 days ago
Brooklyn VeganBig Audio Dynamite (1984-1990, 2011-present) Mick Jones - vocals and guitar Don Letts - sound effects and vocals Dan Donovan - keyboards Leo Williams - bass Greg Roberts - drums and background vocalsSpeaking of Roseland Ballroom, assuming the fire is... more info

Were Big Audio Dynamite more pioneering than the Clash?

5057 days ago
Guardian MusicIn the early-80s, punk was floundering. Then up stepped Mick Jones and his motley crew of artists with one of the most innovative groups of the timeBack in the dark days of early 1984, there was a time when Orwell's predictions of an overbearing poli... more info

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