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The Commodores Machine Gun, 1974

The Commodores Machine Gun, 1974

The first Commodores album, Machine Gun, is an absolute classic. The title track has been used probably more famously in the film Boogie Nights. I kept thinking it was in The Simpsons, but that was…

Welcome to Funk Oddity

Welcome to Funk Oddity

Many, many moons ago I came upon the hair-brained idea of writing a book on Funk music.  I love the groove and the beat, and there’s not much that gets me moving than great funky…

BBC’s Cardiff station (5WA)

BBC’s Cardiff station (5WA)

On 13 February 1923 Wales first tuned into the BBC’s Cardiff station (5WA), located at 19 Castle Street, Cardiff, which was later to become part of the BBC Regional Programme and in 1939 as part…

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