Okay, I’ll make a confession. My musical taste often struggles to escape from the late sixties, or to be precise (‘cos I love a bit of numerical precision) 1965-1972. Of course there’s hundreds of bands and albums I could mention from outside this era that I love, but there was a wonderful explosion of creativity ...

The road to Jouis has taken several twists and turns, as far as I’m aware starting in Bournemouth with the young indie-pop combo Breaking The Girl, led by Joe Potter. A geographical detour along the south coast took most of the band to Brighton, where they joined forces with amongst others (my knowledge is a ...

Released during bh one’s downtime, Muddy Miles’ debut long-player (only five tracks but comes in at a lengthy 30+ minutes) has been an ever-present in and around my cd player for the last few months. Abacus Cactus was recorded at Uncle Pablos Studios, apparently “no computers were used during the making of the record” and ...