Thanks Debbie for showing me this track tonight off a Bowie album I never bothered to listen to. Should definitely be there on the Best Of box sets (because they have to be box sets with this man).
Thanks Debbie for showing me this track tonight off a Bowie album I never bothered to listen to. Should definitely be there on the Best Of box sets (because they have to be box sets with this man).
If you’re interested in the history of the musical struggle against apartheid in South Africa, this is a worthwhile listen:
Did the Oscar-winning documentary Searching For Sugarman make things up and distort facts to the point where international audiences got a false impression of the South African music scene? Did they make Rodriguez an undeserving hero at the cost of local South African musicians? With their special guest, music sociologist Michael Drewett, Brett & Leon reveal the scandalous truth about Malik Bendjelloul’s ‘fake-umentary’.
Featured in this episode of Tune Me What? are:
From the album Poppycock, set to Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, a 1906 Edison reel.
A-side of a 12″ produced by Ted Milton and Steve Beresford, and released on Embryo Records.