No Quarrel

"He thought he was the King of America, but it was just a boulevard of broken dreams..." Brilliant Mistake @ElvisCostello

Rest in Power #QuincyJones #leader #teacher #spirit #pioneer #thankyou

Quincy Jones produced so much amazing music during his long career, but I never knew he was responsible for the soundtrack of The Italian Job! Here’s a great example of his genius production and arrangement. So long, sir youtube.com/watch?v=imYJpr…

Mr Q #RestInBeats

Happy Halloween 🧡🖤

Season 5 is here! Steve Evets, acclaimed actor and unique collaborator with The Fall is our guest this week. Join the guys as Steve shares his journey from stage to screen, his many amazing roles over the years and how he came to know the band

Hey Pumpkin 🎃

One from the archives... Supergrass' TV debut on The Word in 1995 📺

The Fall's The Real New Fall LP (Formerly 'Country On The Click') was released on this day in 2003. A latter-day classic, from start to finish. Out of the masses. Any time. #YMGTA Listen here: open.spotify.com/album/0JUqSUkY…

Elvis Costello’s ‘A Conversation With …’, reviewed by Nick Kent. Plus Richard Cook reviews the first edition of The Wire magazine. New Musical Express, 21 August 1982.

Have taken 40 years of public photos but here in 2000 twe talked 5 min about YOUR futures in Art and Music

'National Ransom' was the fourth Elvis album produced by T Bone Burnett. Here's a live version of the title track.

Sonia Pottinger, a former accountant turned producer, was behind many reggae hits, working with acts like Ken Boothe, The Melodians and The Gaylads. As part of Black History Month, we celebrate her pivotal 20-year career (1965-1985) and lasting impact on Jamaican music. #BHM

Scritti Politti released the immaculate Sweetest Girl on this day in 1981, according to @W_A_F_R (my copy of the press release says 9 Oct, but I expect it was delayed). Either way, it had to be the opening track for my Sounds of 1981 playlist ▶️🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/2eFGu…

My hero speaks. “Lowe is also a songwriter's songwriter, a craftsman celebrated for his originality, ingenuity and melodic sensibility.” - @GuitarPlayerNow guitarplayer.com/players/nick-l…

And here are Teenage Fanclub performing Broken at the Electric Ballroom in 2018 - their last show with Gerry. This is the beautiful audience singalong from the end. My full 6-min video of the song is at youtu.be/yYJ_MnKr92w

Robbie was pissed we were supporting them. He told Geoff T. off but he had already decided to drop us. They were late to the soundcheck. On the steep wooden stairwell backstage I was mean and teacherly about it. Then our monitors didn’t work because we didn’t get one.

45 Years Ago History was changed. Happy birthday beautiful

Holger Czukay (seated, playing guitar) rehearses with his first jazz band, Duisburg, Germany, 1959