Author archive for Chris Wells

  • Road Road Winds

    By Chris Wells on January 6, 2014
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    Those UB40 guys are back on the tour trail this spring, with a 15-date schedule already up for public...

  • Icons In The Spring

    By Chris Wells on January 6, 2014
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    Resurgent seventies and eighties stars Michael Henderson and Norman Connors, together with The Starship Orchestra, are heading our way...

  • Junior Murvin Dies

    By Chris Wells on December 3, 2013
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    Reggae legend Junior Murvin, whose most famous hit, Police and Thieves, crashed the British national chart in 1980, died...

  • Oliver Cheatham Dies

    By Chris Wells on December 2, 2013
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    Oliver Cheatham, best known for the 1983 dance hit Get Down Saturday Night, died on Friday, November 29 after...

  • Nostalgia: The Future

    By Chris Wells on November 19, 2013
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    Nostalgia 77’s new album A Journey Too Far will be released on February 10, 2014 on CD, Deluxe LP...

  • Motown In A Box

    By Chris Wells on November 19, 2013
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    Coming from UMC on December 2 is THE MOTOWN 7s BOX – a collection of 14 rare and previously...

  • Movement For The People

    By Chris Wells on November 15, 2013
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    Launching Michael Kiwanuka’s brand new label venture, Movement Records, on December 9 will be Count On You, a debut...

  • Craig’s New List

    By Chris Wells on November 13, 2013
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    The second album compilation from broadcaster and actor Craig Charles will be released by Freestyle Records on November 25....

  • Poogie Bell: A Little Suga

    By Chris Wells on November 11, 2013
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    Having played with Marcus Miller’s band for 20 years and as side man with, among others, Tom Browne, Chaka...

  • Abram Wilson: Double Commemoration

    By Chris Wells on November 7, 2013
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    A little more than a year after the death of acclaimed jazz trumpeter and composer Abram Wilson, his former...