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On Saturday I went to see the Toyah and Robert Fripp concert in Wimborne, Dorset (Roberts' home town). This was a really enjoyable show! Toyah is a really good entertainer and singer and Fripp was absolutely outstanding (as expected...). There was quite a diverse range of songs- a few from Toyah...

Thanks for the suggestion- I hadn't thought about this as an option. I'll check this out!

My wife and I will soon be buying a new car, and like most new cars, this does not have a CD player. As we like to listen to music while we are out and about, we will need to use a streaming service for this. I'd be grateful for any advice about which one to use. We want something with a good...

I quite like Mackay's Seville Orange Marmalade, easily available from Tesco and Sainsbury...

OK, but I hadn't seen them!

The Kate Bush Story: Running up that hill was a very enjoyable watch. Maybe not much that was new, but it had a range of people (Elton John, Brett Anderson, St Vincent, Viv Albertine, John Lydon, Neil Gaiman, Peter Gabriel, Dave Gilmour, Tricky, Lindsay Kemp, Steve Coogan, Jo Brand, Guy Garvey...

I know it’s short notice, but BBC 2 have a Kate Bush night tonight (Saturday 30th). 8pm Kate Bush at the BBC 9pm Kate Bush Story: Running up that hill 10pm Kate Bush at the BBC 1979 A splendid evening for all Kate Bush fans!

Here are a couple more videos. What a joyous occasion https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLoARojq/?k=1 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLoSo43B/?k=1 Here’s to the power of music

A chance meeting at the Royal Albert Hall led to a wonderful collaboration between the classical organist Anna Lapwood and the electronic group Bonobo. This video explains how it all happened- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLoStS61/?k=1 What I like about this, is that you can see the sheer joy of music...

For anyone interested in the bass guitar, this is a really enjoyable book. It covers 250 of the bass guitars that Geddy Lee has collected over the years. The text covers an introduction to each type and then the author describes what he specifically likes about each bass and how he collected it...

One thing that did perplex me a bit, was that before the show, a trigger warning was read out. I can't remember the exact words, but it was something like "Tonight's show features a performance of The Wall. This was written in 1979 and contains words and phrases that some people might find...

Tickets were £30. May be a bit much for a tribute band, but worth it to me for 2 1/2 hours of live Pink Floyd music. Wouldn't have paid the £186 which someone else mentioned!

Last night we saw the Pink Floyd tribute band Think Floyd down here in Poole. I hadn't heard of this group before and only knew about this from some local advertising. Overall I was very impressed- the show was very professionally done and the music was (to my ears anyway) note perfect. The...

Still working my way through the David Bowie albums- currently up to Low.

So far I have Low, "Heroes" and Stage. Thought I'd progress with Lodger and Scary Monsters, as they are from the same era. After that not sure, but there is quite a variety to choose from!