Birmingham 81

I recognise that spot! Enjoy Tavira. We love it there. Highly recommend Le Salto restaurant. Also lunchtime tapas at LPA in Ayamonte if you make the day trip to Spain (it's worth booking and don't forget the time difference!)

Black Uhuru performing Sinsemilla at Glastonbury in 1982. Watch the full song plus Sponji Reggae at 🇯🇲🔊▶️ youtu.be/hUASAWFsxIE

Happy birthday to Michel Polnareff's "La Poupée qui fait non", which was released as a single on this day in 1966 according to the oracle that is @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Siouxsie. Here she is with The Banshees performing Hong Kong Garden in front of the young Brummie punks on Revolver in the summer of 78

War were another highlight of Cross The Tracks this weekend. So good to hear Slippin' Into Darkness performed live. Watch more of their set at youtu.be/Q5kRNOMpjnY

The Womack Sisters were a real highlight of yesterday's Cross The Tracks festival in South London. Here's their version of their parents' classic hit Teardrops. Watch it in full at youtu.be/veqe4nwtkG8

The brilliant British Sign Language interpreters were among the real stars of Cross The Tracks

Happy birthday to Paul Weller. Here are the Style Council performing Speak Like a Child on Dutch TV in 1983. Watch the full episode of Hotel Suburbia, including an interview, at youtu.be/a57mlFQitJ8

Remembering Sun Ra on his birthday. Here's a clip from a 1969 French TV documentary that you can watch in full at youtu.be/HKmzFVCgzm0

Marcos Valle performing Estrelar during his glorious show at London's Jazz Cafe last night 🇧🇷

Happy birthday to Grace Jones

Happy birthday Wreckless Eric 🎂🌎🌍🌏

And here's Wally Badarou performing Gregory Isaacs' Night Nurse during his glorious show at the Jazz Cafe on Saturday. It was part of a medley of tunes that he contributed to in the 70s and 80s. Watch the full thing, including hits by M, Robert Palmer and Grace Jones, at ▶️ youtu.be/r9ACeCiYBxc

Happy birthday to Mark Mothersbaugh. Here are Devo performing Uncontrollable Urge live on Fridays in 1981

Here's a clip of Wally Badarou performing Night Nurse last night - simple joyous. BTW I loved that photo of you and Tina visiting him in Paris that he shared on Insta a while back

A snippet of keytar action from Wally Badarou's joyous show at London's Jazz Cafe last night

Wally Badarou performing Mambo at London's Jazz Cafe last night. His tune was heavily sampled by Massive Attack on Daydreaming

Happy 75th birthday to Jonathan Richman. Here's That Summer Feeling

Happy birthday to David Byrne. Here are Talking Heads performing Life During Wartime at Montreux in 1982. Watch the full concert at youtu.be/ldwpwrW6tno?...

Happy birthday to Stevie Wonder. Here's a YouTube playlist of his Musikladen recordings from 1974, including bonus footage 📺▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Remembering Ian Dury on his birthday. Here he is with The Blockheads performing a great version of Sweet Gene Vincent in Paris in 1978

Remembering Burt Bacharach on his birthday. Here he is driving around London in 1965