Two superstars duet, portraying two lovers who refuse to leave an abusive relationship. Eminem Missouri-born rapper Eminem broke through to the mainstream with his alter ego, Slim Shady, and the song ‘My Name Is..’. He’s enjoyed nine number one albums…
Last week, we looked at 1980s Grammy winners. This week, it’s the 1990s’ turn. I scored 9 I missed the 1991 winner – didn’t really know about his solo career. Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who recorded the fastest time in…
Bic Runga was born in 1976, the youngest daughter of a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer and a Maori ex-serviceman. While still in her teens, major record labels entered into a bidding war for her signature. Bic Runga’s a New Zealand…
On this site, I have a list of my favourite album for every year from 1963 to the present. The only artist to appear more than once is Big Thief. The band formed in Brooklyn in 2015, although leader Adrianne…
Credits 4 WHY DON’T YOU SMILE NOW – The Downliners Sect(Terry Philips/Jerry Vance/Lou Reed/John Cale) PERSONNEL/KEITH GRANT: lead vocals, bass * TERRY GIBSON: lead guitar * DON CRAINE: rhythm guitar, vocals * JOHN SUTTON: drumsProduced by MIKE COLLIERRecorded in London,…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. Can you identify the 10 album-of-the-year Grammy winners from the 1980s? I was originally going to feature the 1970s, but it was a bit easy since Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon won half…
In November 2021, ABBA released their ninth studio album Voyage. It was the Swedish quartet’s first studio album in almost 40 years – an unprecedented gap in output for a superstar group. It’s not the longest gap between releases –…
Cass McCombs might be the best singer-songwriter operating at the moment. Alex G’s ‘Afterlife’ might be my favourite song of the year. And Erika de Casier is back quickly with another classy album of smooth pop – enjoy! Cass McCombs…
‘The Ketchup Song’ was rumoured to have Satanic undertones, as the gibberish Spanish title ‘Aserejé’ sounds like “let’s be heretical”. Las Ketchup Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz are daughters of flamenco musician Juan Manuel Muñoz Expósito. Expósito is known as…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week’s challenge is simple, but requires speed – you need to answer 50 (mostly) easy questions in 2 minutes. I scored 50/50 with 28 seconds remaining – can you beat my…
