For The Sake Of The Song

Played me some Blondie the other day, and was pleased to find that their first 2 albums still sound as perfectly pop as when I first heard t...

Another Bonnie Prince Billy album, another keeper. I wasn´t too fond of his last studio outing Beware to be honest, but the live Funtown Co...

"Tell me lies, and put your loving arms around me..." As reader Holly pointed out in a recent comment, These Immortal Souls once d...

I´m reading Juliet, Naked at the moment, which is quite hard to put down. Really should get busy to bring you edition 16 of Wild Weekend n...

Bringing you a steaming jazz six pack today, if only because spring has finally sprung. Saxes on the backburner for now, let´s blow them tru...

Just received the sad news that the Guru has died. Keith Elam, master rapper and lyricist for Gang Starr, was a true original and an outspok...

Got this one by email this morning. Why, I don´t know, as it appears to be a couple of years old already. But the blurb said Glaswegian guit...

Edition 15 of Wild Weekend is upon us, and once more the For The Sake Of The Song iPod is set to shuffle to take you on a diverse musical ...

Now here´s a fine example of someone transforming a trashy punk ditty into a pure pop song. Although it´s not just someone we´re talking abo...

Neil Young recently announced a solo tour in the States, and has personally picked none other than Bert Jansch to be his support act. Consi...

High time for Wild Weekend #14. A special number that, as it´s the dorsal Johan Cruijff got famous with. Pele, Best, Beckenbauer, Maradona...