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Deepest Soul Mix from Stephen McCleery AKA Steve Keys - www.myspace.com/stevekeys74 - www.stephenmccleery.com via AddToAny Share Button

An obtuse man famous for only his bad clothes/hair and private life has the audacity to condemn the Internet for 'killing creativity'. Surely there is no evidence of creativity (musical or emotional) within his vast back catalogue of soulless pop. The Internet on the other hand is empowering artists with genuine talent who's work would otherwise go unheard without commercial marketability (appealing to children aged 7-12). It is also, I believe slowly improving the musical taste of our species as we realise that talent is in much greater concentration outside of the singles chart.

LIQUIDATORS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BROOK

I, as well as many others I'm sure, owe The Brook BIG TIME - not only have I had the privilage to rehearse and play many times in the best venue in the South but also to witness some of the most amazing acts.

Everyone from John Martyn to Mr Scruff has played there and the venue always brings out the best. Should this institution ever be brought down, part of Southampton's heart and soul will surely fall.

If you have ever been there, please take a minute to visit their guestbook and offer the great staff some words of encouragement.

I was thinking that my influences list doesn't necessarily reflect my favourite music and so decided to compile what will be probably be an ever changing list of my best albums of all time so here's a brief start and in no particular order...

Terry Callier, What Color is Love
Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Bille Holiday, God Bless the Child
Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution will not be Televised, Winter in America
Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme, My Favorite Things & Blue Train
Curtis Mayfield, Curtis, Superfly
Otis Redding, Otis Blue
Nina Simone, To Love Somebody
Portishead, Dummy
Nick Drake, Way to Blue
John Martyn, Solid Air
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
Wattstax, The Living Word
Herbie Hancock, Fat Albert Rotanda
Roy Ayres, Everybody Loves the Sunshine

...to be continued

Boston Celtics will be playing the Minnesota Timberwolves at the O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) in London on October 10th - am I going? ...you're damn right! More info... STREETBALL

Just been given a Monday Michiru EP with my name on it which I think is pretty cool.