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2025: Top ten albums

It’s been a year with so much to choose from. 2025 was packed with some cracking albums, from artists old and new. Until the very end of the year, I was struggling to pick a clear winner, and then an album of pure brilliance emerged and made the decision easy for me. Starting with the […]

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2023: Top ten albums

Well, that was an emotional ride. I didn’t make it to Glastonbury – boo! I did see loads of live music – yay! And, I wasn’t prepared for the impact of ‘Now and Then’, the final song by The Beatles. It knocked me for six. Sleaford Mods released a version of ‘West End Girls’ which […]

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2020: Top ten albums

As we entered 2020, I expected the year to be overshadowed by political uncertainty; Brexit turmoil on this side of the Atlantic, and a nation taking a long, hard look at the socio-political fabric falling apart over in the US. And, while this was a fairly bleak view, I was longing for musicians to respond […]