The government says "there is no need for an inquiry" into British complicity in Israeli war crimes. It's quite simple: if the government had nothing to hide, it would stop blocking our efforts to expose the truth. Join us on September 4-5 for thegazatribunal.uk.

Remembering David Crosby, born OTD 1941. Dig out the folk/jazz/psychedelic masterpiece 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' from 1971 (featuring the Dead, the Airplane, Nash ,Joni &Neil et al) - an influential West Coast hippy summit and a firm favourite...

58 years ago this week (Aug 13 1967), Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac made their debut at the National Jazz and Blues Festival. Read about them and other Brit blues luminaries here👇thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/blu…

I'm heading into London, a once proud city now overrun by dangerous gangs of Reform MPs.

This would have been David Crosby's 84th Birthday. R.I.P. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cro…

Remembering Roy Buchanan who passed OTD in 1988. One of the great Telecaster stylists, he was hugely influential despite never achieving mainstream success of his own. Check out the superb documentary 'Introducing Roy Buchanan' from 1971 on YouTube for more -

Lonnie Liston Smith - A Garden of Peace 2025 with Demetria Harris youtu.be/UccqNfGO8Hc?si… via YouTube I just recorded a new version of A Garden of Peace with spoken word. I hope you enjoy it. The single is on cd baby.

‘Chapeau et voilette d'Albouy’, Willy Maywald, 1938

The Blues Project - A Flute Thing (Live at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967) 🍄🎶🎶😎✌️❤️⚡️A beautiful and free flowing acid jazz/rock jam - I just love how experimental and creative this period of music was #thebluesproject #psychedelicmusic youtu.be/1oIE95Ro9Ms

Fred, Doug and I carry the papers in to the shop. Doug tells me he saw me on the X19 yesterday. He says I was sitting near the window. Fred talks about a tractor that caught fire. I leave them discussing two robots who took part in a boxing match.

Somebody tell me that, debt-laden as it is, we are not going to sell Thames Water to China. I can’t think of anything more crucial to a country than the control of its water supply. Madness.

"Summertime is here, and it is time to revisit the country..." Read about my top 10 Brit albums that were "made communally in the idyllic surroundings of the countryside" in the L&U guide to 'Getting it Together in the Country' 👇 thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/get…

Happy Friday!

It’s been 56 years since Woodstock ’69, and we’re celebrating by spotlighting every artist who took the stage that legendary weekend. First up: your Day 1 Woodstock Trading Cards 🃏

Wherry 'Albion' river #Ant today

"Beck's Bolero" by possibly the first SuperGroup - Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon and Nicky Hopkins. reddit.com/r/ledzeppelin/…

Flower Garden #artbots hassam

If you want to see the inside of your head, all you have to do is keep your eyes open. Because everything that you’re experiencing in the external visual field is a state of your brain.

Early stroll soundtrack: more superb music from the ‘Round Midnight Prom presented by ⁦Soweto Kinch⁩ ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩ ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…