ARTIST: Andy Brown SONG: About Last Night SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? When we last left the Andy Brown solo story on this blog it was November last year, when 'Landslide', his debut single and duet with Chrissie Rhodes from The Shires was our #SongoftheWeek. A couple more excellent singles have … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Andy Brown – ‘About Last Night’
Hope you're all rested and relaxed from the bank holiday people! Time to ease you into your four day week now with another round of UK chart retro goodness in #ThrowbackTunesday. Let's see which five classic smash hits from the past twenty five years are on the playlist this week before we get to our … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 32
ARTIST: KT Tunstall SONG: The River SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? We have to come clean a little bit here, viewers. The last time we bought a new release by award winning singer-songwriter KT Tunstall was well over 10 years ago. That release being her second album from 2007, 'Drastic … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: KT Tunstall – ‘The River’
Happy Tuesday people! Time once again for our weekly retrospective of the UK hit singles from five points in the last twenty five years with #ThrowbackTunesday. Before we get to this week's featured classic hit, let's see what others are joining on it the playlist... 1993: SWV - 'Right Here' 1998: The Corrs - 'What … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 31
Nostalgia. It's a powerful - and underestimated - thing isn't it? How a smell, a taste, a sound or an image can bring thousands of memories flooding back. The best nostalgia trips thrive on an assault of all these senses. For whilst a few thousand people were descending on Hylands Park in my home city … Continue reading Spice Up London: the 90s girl power pop exhibition that’s giving you everything
You may notice that there's a bit of a girl power theme to some of the blogs this weekend, viewers. You'll find out why in the case of tomorrow's blog, but for this week's #BlastfromthePast, it's a six times whammy of it. For every Spice Girls or Little Mix, for every Girls Aloud or The … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: The Girl Groups That Pop Forgot
ARTIST: Sophie Ellis-Bextor SONG: Love Is You SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Here's something to make pop followers of my age (and older) realise how much time has elapsed. This year is 20 years since pop's very own cool English rose Sophie Ellis-Bextor made her first post-Britpop manoeuvres in short-lived … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – ‘Love Is You’
