Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life, such as music? Did Mary J Blige write...

It begins and ends with Scott Engel/Walker, but as with the man himself, it's much, much more than that. Moods. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

A week of killer live shows influenced the direction of this playlist. Turn the houselights down. Move. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

Fare please. But is this the way to ….. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

The best place to learn how to spell, whether it's a woman's name, a tricky American river or a difficult life change, is in song. Van...

We dance? We do. We also cry, a bit. Better than waiting around to die innit? CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

Spoon gets Kissed. Drake gets blissed and Tammy, well Tammy says come on home, you’ve been missed. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

A story on cassettes inspired a mix tape that might have been made one Sunday afternoon in 1986. Of course it's a C90. Turn the tape over...

Dress for success, it shows you care. Or dress for revenge, to show you don’t care. Music to tie a silk cravat or a high lace boot to....

A weird, circular journey CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

From Thundercat to a seriously cool cat in Prince, via the world of Pauline Hanson redux. Rain, hail, shine. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

David Ackles sang that “every time you fall in love. that's the best time of all. It's holding sunlight in your hand”. Getting to his...

AS Gladys Knight sang, it’s a better than good time to make up your mind to stay. So stay for about 100 minutes of fine musical moves –...

Hard times call for hard songs. But also for some fizz. Not bucks fizz, but maybe something for the cardigan (or woolly sweater) wearer...

Making do isn’t enough. Make it right. From Farley Jackmaster Funk to Otis Rush via Mahalia Jackson, Japandroids, Yazoo and The...

They're all in on it you know. Connections. Collusion. Conspiracy. Tunes. CLICK TO LISTEN #Spotify

Pull your dress on and stay real close. Who might leave you where I left off? A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends. Or what...

The perfect way to end one year, or begin another: a playlist built from the top 20 albums and the top 20 songs of 2016. If you’ve read...

How does one get from Patty Griffin to Aaliyah? Where does L Fresh The Lion fit into a Radiohead mood? And when John Coltrane and J. Cole...

Offline this began with Beyonce’s Sorry, from one of the best albums of the year and one of the most important albums of the year, but...