Direct from the Government Yard in Trenchtown where, over cornmeal porridge by a log wood fire, the events of the week are gently appraised, among them …

… how Bob Marley, the Walker Brothers, the Byrds, Hendrix, Ramones, Blondie and Nirvana “got the dust of England on their boots”.

… Chappell Roan’s demands for “a living wage” in a business built on inequity.

… why audio books surprise you in ways the print edition can’t.

… Beyonce? Best Country album? You sure?

… “separate immediately”: Marsha Hunt and the secret of a successful marriage.

… Bowie, Queen, the Velvet Underground: how the most streamed songs are rarely what you’d expect.

… when London, New York and LA were the centres of the universe.

… Bookends, Randy Newman’s Good Old Boys and other albums with a narrative.

… when the Police, Pistols and Clash tried to conquer America.

… Miles Copeland Senior in Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends.

… “the film world is constructed around 100 actors, eight of whom are celebrated every year”.

… plus birthday guest Keith Adsley turns the lights out for Pitchblack Playback – albums you should hear in the dark.

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