Shindig! No.176

Back in April I braved the wilds of Camden - during a tube strike no less - to see the sublime Melody's Echo Chamber. Read my review in this month's Shindig! where you'll also find Gap Mangione, Brian Jackson, Boards of Canada, and all manner of other good stuff.

 

Enjoy and share this little collection of things that have floated my boat since the last time we did this.

Shindig! No.173

Landing today is the new issue of your favourite mag Shindig!, packed with proper goodies including pedal steel deep cuts, Frank Zinn, Cream, and all manner of other great stuff to accompany your rainy springtime. And in Vinyl Art I revisit the future of the big band banking industry.

Shindig! No.172

The new Shindig! Magazine is in yer newsagents today. Where else are you going to get Peanuts, Ben Wheatley, and a bands-in-movies Deep Cuts all under one roof? And that's just in the first half! Plus I take a look at both ends of the US '60s jazz scene in a Vinyl Art special. If you subscribed you would have real all this already and you'd feel awfully clever now. Think about that.

Shindig! No.170

For the big December issue of Shindig! Magazine, I met the absolutely charming Melody Prochet to chat about her terrific new LP (which has barely left my turntable), while also finding time for an equine entry into the Vinyl Art canon. Elsewhere there's The Inner Dialogue, a young Robert Plant, the great Bill Nelson, weird witches, and Dutch proggers wrapped in tin foil. Plus you can find out who made the grade in our end-of-year poll and look forward to some spectacular sounds due in 2026. Is it too early to wish you a Very Merry Xmas?

Shindig! No.169

Not too late am I to big up Shindig! No.169? If Contour Records, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Terry Southern and all manner of other fabulous stuff floats your boat, you'll be glad I did. And a little bit of Polska szkoła neon from me in Vinyl Art.

Shindig! No.167

Another fabulous issue of Shindig! for your back-to-school bus ride, with Sérgio Mendes, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Terry Reid, and Brigitte Fontaine there's plenty to keep you busy. And I get to join the dots from Blue Note to Blaxploitation in Vinyl Art.