The best solo track that Bernie Worrell left us with was entitled Don’t Piss Me Off.

When we hit up Bertie Blackman for her Thank God It’s Friday playlist we were confident we’d be treated to a bunch of quality jams and guess what? We were so RIGHT!

There are covers??? Onya Boonie  …and then there are covvvers man.

A UK artist going by the name of B.J Smith (pictured above) has come out with his ‘dedication to the greats’ series, with his takes on Mos Def, Outkast and The Pharcyde in this esteemed category. The selection suggests he’s well listened within hip hop, and the execution is simply brilliant.   

New York Electronic duo The Knocks would like to return to the classics…
 

WHOA. Talk about a summertime JAM. How are those Nile Rodgers-esque guitar chops?!

What did you do on Record Store Day this year? Hopefully you went and supported your local record store and bought a whole bunch of limited edition releases… as for UK artist Natalie Sharp, well she offered up a little more commitment and painted her face with a bunch of iconic album covers

As the youngest of three siblings and with parents that had distinct musical tastes I had a fat chance of getting my music played at home.  So as a result I was influenced by/had to endure…………

With a Dad born in 1921, big band/swing was all the go with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and Glenn Miller getting a 78’s run….

As if we needed any more reasons to love Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes but she’s just gone and given us a fair few more by way of her ridiculously good taste in music.

The mega babe recently presented her first ever radio show on BBC’s Radio 6 and man did she knock it out of the park! Her selections were a real mixed bag with tracks from Heart, RUN DMC, Talking Heads, SBTRKT, Prince, Outkast, Le Tigre, The Kinks and heaps more.

In early 80’s Wellington New Zealand , as the political climate of control increasingly resembled eastern Europe and bully prime minister Muldoon began to self-destruct, it was inevitable that this gaudy exotic album cover would draw me into an impulsive escapist purchase.

via The Vine
 

My Silent alarm kicks in at the very mention of Bloc Party, it’s an A list style celebrity panic room with 12inch thick walls of regret, coated in air-brushed titanium nostalgia… If I could get rid of it I would, but the elephant in the room needs somewhere to hang!

Kele and I became friends in 1994, through our mums love of going to a prayer group in East London and our love of Indie Music.