"I'M SO excited man, I don't know, Jesus Christ, everything is really so grand, the company seems to be so together and I think I'm happier than I've ever been in my entire career." No two ways about it, there speaks a man on cloud nine. Understandable, considering that his latest DJM releases are up with the top-selling American soul albums and...Learn More

Proof at last that EWF deserve all the acclaim that's been heaped on them in the last couple of years. Their previous albums were impressive, scoring massive sales in the States, but never quite capturing the full spirit of the group as envisaged by leader Maurice White. A little too much technique perhaps, and not quite enough soul. Now we get...Learn More

It's White on Black. Cliff White examines the output of the sex machine inch by inch.Cathy McGowan, reminiscing on BBC's 'The Story of Pop': "When he came here he was hailed as the great James Brown – and the show was awful. I mean he just couldn't produce the sound. It was terrible. I mean it was really awful. It was a bad, bad show. A disaster....Learn More

"You get some writers saying, 'Why don't you do something like you did before?' They think they really want it but at the same time they really don't want you to repeat yourself." – Van Morrison (NME, 25/6/77). How true. Sometimes you just can't win. The Isley Brothers are currently on the critical chopping block; out of favour with a lot of...Learn More

A couple of weeks ago our very own Mr. Murray suffered a bitter anti-climax after waiting nigh on two years to hear the latest Stones album. During the passing seasons, while he'd been shuffling impatiently around his rock 'n' roll rest home, I'd been similarly preoccupied in my soul sanatorium, gnawing the woodwork and stocking up with tissues...Learn More