Cocoa Tea RIP

The roll call of musicians leaving us too soon continues to be added to on an almost daily basis it seems. Since the start of the month we've lost Roy Ayers, Brian James, Edip Akbayram, Geraint Jarman and Angie Stone to name but a few. RIP to them all.

Earlier this week the man known to his family and friends as Colvin Scott and to the rest of us as the mighty Cocoa Tea was added to the list. He passed away on Tuesday after struggling with lymphoma for a number of years. RIP Mr Tea.

"Africa Here I Come" - Cocoa Tea

"Things In Life" - Cocoa Tea

"Possy" - Cocoa Tea

"She Loves Me Now (Extended Mix)" - Cocoa Tea

Waxing Lyrical

I had intended to share with you over the next couple of days some of the film music and 'representative dance songs' of Rajasthan I picked up while in Udaipur. But that was when I thought I was going to be at home over the next couple of days.

Unfortunately the b****rs at Virgin Atlantic had a different idea. They cancelled my flight this morning and I am now coming back tomorrow with Emirates via Dubai, including what I am sure will be a delightful nine hour layover between flights, arriving in the UK on Tuesday. By the time I finally make it home I will have less than 24 hours before heading off to Brussels.

So the planned cultural treat will have to wait. Instead here are a few of the exhibits from one of the other cultural highlights of my visit, the Udaipur Wax Museum.

And now the theme song from 'Mannequin'. How wrong they were.