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Cover version(s) of the month #123 Olivia Newton John covers George Harrison Bonus covers George Harrison and Olivia Newton-John cover Bob Dylan's If Not For You I recently bought a 7-inch of Paul McCartney's Coming Up on Discogs and was pleasantly surpri…

Westside Cowboy Photo by Joe Moss Welcome to part 110 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 5,074 songs to 5,139 with the addition of Well Done Kid, You Did It by Westside Cowboy.

Way back in the 1990's I used to work for a bank, specifically Abbey National and their huge head office at the top of St Vincent Street in Glasgow.

John, Stevie, Alan, Nathan and Mhairi WOW!

Trust me #122 Like A Motorway by Saint Etienne Released in May 94 and (inexplicably) reaching only 47 on the UK singles charts, Like A Motorway is one of my favourite songs by Saint Etienne who come to the Glasgow Barrowland next month.

If YouTube could produce a top 10 list of videos I've watched over the years, then I dare say that The Charlatans blistering appearance on Channel 4's The White Room, broadcast on 16th August 1996, would be up at the top.

Last June I published a blog on Fatale, a new young band from my hometown of Uddingston.

Welcome to part 110 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 5,012 songs to 5,074 with the addition of Here Come The Tears by The Coral (pictured below).

Trust Me #121 Primitive Painters by Felt Primitive Painters by Felt is six minutes of pure, shimmering perfection.

WOW.

Fatale - July 2026 Photo by Brian Sweeney With thanks to PANINARO Ahead of the release of their debut, vinyl only, EP entitled Saint Mungo, I caught up with Fatale guitarist and songwriter Christopher Jollie to find out how things are going.

Trust me #120 Lay This Burden Down by Mary Love Discogs can provide a good indication of the value soul fans place on a song and record. 215 people have a 7-inch of Mary Love's Lay This Burden Down, but 1,498 want a copy.

Trust me #119 Calico Skies by Paul McCartney McCartney by the campfire - Calico Skies Calico Skies is a gorgeous mid-period Paul McCartney song from 1997's Flaming Pie album.

Cover version of the month #122 The Rolling Stones cover The Temptations I stumbled across The Rolling Stones 1978 album called Some Girls in a lovely bar in the old town section of Malia while on holiday with my wife (then girlfriend) back in 2003.

Trust me #118 Love You by Primal Scream The cover of Reverberations ( Travelling In Time) Way before the beats, groove, futuristic sounds and strobe lights of Screamadelica and the leather-clad rock n roll swagger, funky jams and blissed out ballads of Gi…

John McAlinden is one of the most imaginative, creative, energetic, kind and hardest working people I have had the pleasure of meeting thanks to my love of music.

Trust me #117 Sundress by Ben Kweller I've spent considerable time revisiting the sunshine, open road, warm breeze guitar pop of Ben Kweller over the last month.

Welcome to part 110 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 4,934 songs to 5,012 with the addition of Hit & Run Lover by Tommie Young.

Back in February my friend Alan sent me a link to a song called Get Out Of My Dream by The Clouds, an 80's indie guitar band from Glasgow who only released one single.

Cover version of the month #121 Ella Fitzgerald and Ash cover The Temptations Released on Motown Records in 1966, The Temptations Get Ready, written by Smokey Robinson, is a sub 3-minute gem, with horns, bass, strings and drums creating a driving energetic

Photo by Kat Gollock My sister Carla played The Rum Shack on the Southside of Glasgow on Friday night.

25-years ago The Avalanches blew my mind with their Since I Left You single and album of the same name.

Cover versions of the month #119 & #120 White Stripes and Whitney Houston cover Dolly Parton I have a list of songs and cover versions I intend to research and blog about when time allows.

Photo by Zoe A number of months ago I heard some music coming from my daughter Zoe's room that caused my ears to prick up.

I've long been a fan of Jamie Keenan, former drummer of La Fontaines and have been fortunate to get to know him a little over the years through a mutual love of Teenage Fanclub, our friends in Vigo Thieves/Saint PHNX and his sister Helen who introduced me…