27 Leggies

Personally I will be spending New Year's Eve in solitary contemplation of the ills of the world. But if you are intent on passing the ti...

This has been a bit of a vintage year for gigs. I have been to fifteen: all of them were good, and many of them were excellent. In recogniti...

Actually calling this a review of 2009 is over-stating things. It is just a few "props" and "nuff respects" - as I under...

Yo Hippy Dudes! That unsuccessful attempt to bridge a cultural gap is by way of an introduction to both sides of possibly the greatest Briti...

I did think about putting up a seasonal tune or two, but everything I have got will already have been posted many times over so there does n...

Like all of us, I have spent many hours over the years debating the greatest albums ever. On occasion I have even been known, usually with B...

Yesterday we were in Western Sahara. Today we head south-east, through Mauritania and CHAD among other places, to Ethiopia. Last week I pick...