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Cult heroes: Saxon – Barnsley boys who forged the 80s metal boom

3083 days ago
Guardian MusicIn their heyday, these DIY heroes were as big as Iron Maiden, blasting out songs about motorbikes and metal subculture that delighted their fansThose who have been watching BBC’s repeats of Top of the Pops from 1981 might have a slightly disto... more info

Valentia Isle Festival announces lineup

3508 days ago
Nialler9 Valentia Isle Festival is back at an earlier summer time of 10th to 12th of July on the island on the Atlantic on the Kerry coast, right near Skellig Michael (upcoming location for Star Wars don’t ya know). First? The lineup so far looks like this... more info

The best No 1 records: The Specials – Ghost Town | Annie Nightingale

4557 days ago
Guardian Music1981: The mood is both pre- and post-apocalyptic: the lyrics say the crisis is coming while the eerie, hollowed-out music says that it's already happenedForget for a moment the synchronous outbreak of inner-city rioting which made Ghost Town seem lik... more info

Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-05-12 Jerry Dammers Words and Music

4576 days ago
Core News“This week, Gilles is joined by the man behind The Specials and The Spatial AKA Orchestra, Jerry Dammers, playing both some of the music that he’s produced over the years, as well as a varied selection of music that has inspired him and his proje... more info

Paul Simon's Graceland: the acclaim and the outrage

4599 days ago
Guardian MusicAs the 25th anniversary celebrations build for the groundbreaking album, Robin Denselow recalls the huge controversy it causedIt was a plush affair for the mid-80s, an era when record sales had already begun to decline, and when music writers had alr... more info

Paul Simon brings Graceland back to London, 25 years after apartheid boycott row

4634 days ago
Guardian MusicSinger to play in Hyde Park as part of anniversary celebrations likely to revive row over 1985 visit to South AfricaIt was one of the most divisive shows in British pop history. On 7 April 1987, Paul Simon brought his best-selling Graceland project t... more info

Anthony Joseph & the Spasm Band: Rubber Orchestras – review

4788 days ago
Guardian Music(Naive)Anthony Joseph is an intriguing multicultural all-rounder. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, but now based in London, he's a poet, novelist and university lecturer, as well as a musician and leader of this wildly eclectic band. His music is ba... more info

Reggae Britannia (BBC Rockumentary)

4820 days ago
Totally Fuzzy The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae. Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society, the programme includes major artists and performances fro... more info

Top jazz and world-music picks for autumn

4827 days ago
Guardian MusicWayne Shorter headlines a much-anticipated gig, followed by the London Jazz festival in November, while the blind duo Amadou and Mariam tell their life story – in the darkWayne Shorter Quartet and PhronesisA much-anticipated gig from sax star Short... more info

This week's festival news

4843 days ago
Guardian MusicMadness bring together Beardyman, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, the Cuban Brothers and the Whip, plus DJs Jerry Dammers, Andrew Weatherall and Jaguar Skills for their House Of Fun Weekender (25-27 Nov, Butlins Minehead) …While Newcastle's Tusk also ... more info

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