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The Rise & Rise of Nyege Nyege Tapes I knew what I opened the studio for. I was looking for a higher ground, for what I knew existed in the soul of mankind.” Sam Phillips Man, there is something happening in Kampala, something really special, in a scene reminiscent of Memphis in the 1950s; Liverpool Continue Reading
There’s a giant in my head and it ain’t me. I despise that giant. Every time I fall into the abyss, I have to fight him, he beats me, forever he beats me and then somehow he releases me and I crawl out, wasted but alive. Until the next time. Recently, I read about Leicester Continue Reading
Chuffed to see my Gonzo piece on Liam Gallagher published in Hotpress. Check it out on the link below, it was a wild endeavor… https://www.hotpress.com/music/liam-gallagher-dream-22797881
“This Is Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies” Sam Phillips Howlin’ Wolf, now there’s a handle you are always going to check out. Before I knew of the blues, I knew of Howlin’ Wolf. In the back seat, the car smelling of smoke and strong whiskey, over The Scalp, sounds of a pirate ship Continue Reading
Is this what the Birth of Rock & Roll looked like? The best damn jump combo in Mississippi, The Kings of Rhythm had sent the fine folks of Greenville, Mississippi home sweating and early too. The owner of the small downtown club had dilly dallied on booking the group, swaying between the fear of their Continue Reading
Wolfman Ernie’s Break Through Single “I want my music to be simple enough, so that the boy on the farm out there can learn it and practice it and try to play it, ” Ernest Tubb in conversation with Peter Guralick, Lost Highways “You gotta change your name son, how about Texas Crisp?” That’s the Continue Reading
And avoid these 3 awful things I was having sleepless nights, when the jackals circled me, tore and ripped at me through the long, dark hours. When dawn came, I pulled the blankets over my head and lay petrified beneath them. I went on like that for months. Among other things, Marcus Aurelius helped me. Continue Reading
Jay Mitta’s Tatizo Peza To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying ‘This is who I am’ — Joey Ramone My first ever gig was Stiff Little Fingers at the SFX in Dublin, I think the year was 1990, if it was, I was thirteen. Continue Reading
Otim Alpha & Leo Palayeng’s Gulu City Anthems Electro acholi is a modern reinterpretation of traditional acholi music from the Luo region of Northern Uganda. Unlike most music styles, electro acholi did not evolve slowly, rather as a matter of circumstance, it arrived swiftly. As war raged in the region, traditional Larakaraka wedding bands who Continue Reading
Two Damn Hot EP’s From Nihiloxcia Each time I play stuff from Ugandan sensation, Nihiloxcia, I dig them more and more. I’ve seen the future of independent record labels and it is Nyege Nyege Tapes and the much desired album debut from Nihiloxcia may prove to be the label’s Exit Planet Dust, the one that unleashes the storm of Continue Reading