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New Orleans and beyond: songs referencing and influenced by Fats Domino

February 26, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Fats Domino - arguably the first rock’n’roll star who unusually, was also among nicest ever men in music

Let’s celebrate the birthday of that affable singer and piano playing genius who Elvis said was the real king of rock’n’roll - from key covers of his songs, his rhythm, style and delivery on others’ songs as well as lyrical references to him and his work

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New Albums …

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Feb 26, 2026
The Wave Pictures: Gained/Lost
Feb 26, 2026

New album: A very warm return from the very likeable, prolific British trio of David Tattersall (guitar and lead vocals), Franic Rozycki (bass), and Jonny Helm (drums) with finely crafted, clever and emotional songs in flavours of 60s garage rock, 70s classic rock and 90s American indie

Feb 26, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Hedera: Hedera
Feb 25, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate, minimalist debut of finely crafted chamber folk by the Bristol quintet of Lulu Austin, Maisie Brett, Tamsin Elliott, Beth Roberts and Isis Wolf-Light mixing originals and the traditional with flavours and influences from England to Egypt, Bulgaria to Bali, Afrikaans to Arabic, Ireland to Georgia

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 24, 2026
Altin Gün: Garip
Feb 24, 2026

New album: The Grammy-nominated Turkish psych-groove quintet from Amsterdam return with a stylish and expansive sixth LP — a heartfelt tribute to the work of the legendary Turkish folk bard Neşet Ertaş (1938–2012), a legend of Anatolian music

Feb 24, 2026
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Feb 24, 2026
Momoko Gill: Momoko
Feb 24, 2026

New album: A classy, clever, subtle, experimental jazz and soul debut by the London-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, part of the east London scene at Total Refreshment Centre, rich in grooves, personal and poetic reflections

Feb 24, 2026
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Feb 23, 2026
Peaches: No Lube So Rude
Feb 23, 2026

New album: Unapologetically brash, overtly sexual, crazily catchy and entertaining, the charismatic, colourful Canadian electroclash and musician and performance artist Merrill Beth Nisker returns with her seventh LP and first for 11 years, a striking mix of sex, gender identity, freedom of expression, and an antidote to miserable times

Feb 23, 2026
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Feb 23, 2026
Apparat: A Hum of Maybe
Feb 23, 2026

New album: The sixth LP and the first for six years by the German experimental electronic artist Sascha Ring (Grammy nominated for 2019’s LP5), on the theme of flux and uncertainty, balancing family and work life, and built on the back of stressful three years of writer’s block but filled with unusual sonic textures, sonic and acoustic and vulnerable emotions

Feb 23, 2026
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Feb 21, 2026
Hen Ogledd: DISCOMBOBULATED
Feb 21, 2026

New album: Wonderfully colourful, mystical and socio-political, the British psychedelic-folk-rock quartet return with their special brand of eccentric, oddball originality, here including Welsh poems, ‘bard rap’ and an a protest manifesto for social change and mental wellbeing in a world gone mad

Feb 21, 2026
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Feb 20, 2026
Howling Bells/Juanita Stein: Strange Life
Feb 20, 2026

New album: The Australian and now UK-based band return after 12 years, with singer Juanita Stein (who has since released four solo studio albums and is co-titled with the album) rejoins brother Joel Stein, and Glenn Moule, with solid, strong, resonant, shoegazey, grungey, indie rock

Feb 20, 2026
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Feb 18, 2026
Kula Shaker: Wormslayer
Feb 18, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s Natural Magick, the British rock band fronted by Crispian Mills continue their late-career purple patch with their third album in just four years and eighth across their three decades with a kaleidoscopic, unabashed high-octane dive into 60s-style psychedelia

Feb 18, 2026
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Feb 18, 2026
Hemlocke Springs: The Apple Tree Under the Sea
Feb 18, 2026

New album: Lauded by the likes of Chappell Roan and Doja Cat, and now with a big Tiktok fanbase for her oddball videos, a quirkily original, humorous, melodious DayGlo DIY-ethic 80s-influenced synth pop debut LP by North Carolina’s Isimeme Udu

Feb 18, 2026
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Feb 18, 2026
Daphni: Butterfly
Feb 18, 2026

New album: Following his 2024 release as Caribou with Honey, Canadian composer and musician Dan Snaith returns as his other moniker, the dance/electronica and instrumental side with a selection of fun experimental sounds loosely evocative of the gently fluttering insect

Feb 18, 2026
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Feb 18, 2026
Jill Scott: To Whom This May Concern
Feb 18, 2026

New album: After a decade away, a welcome, warm return by the revered, charismatic, golden-voiced neo-soul and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, and poet from Philadelphia, with a new full-hour collection of smooth, jazzy, funky, heartfelt, positive, defiant and uplifting numbers and a selection of guests

Feb 18, 2026
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Feb 16, 2026
Congratulations: Join Hands
Feb 16, 2026

New album: Enormously fun, inventive, experimental, colourful pop-art-rock by the Brighton quartet of Jamie Chellar (guitar), Greg Burns (bass), James Gillingham (drums) and Leah Stanhope on vocals, bringing a cocktail of 80s pop and 00s indie through humour, mischief and clever, quirky musicality

Feb 16, 2026
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Feb 15, 2026
Cardinals: Masquerade
Feb 15, 2026

New album: Awash with passionate anguish and swaggering post-punk indie and gnarly energy, a strikingly impressive debut by the Cork five-piece, coloured by seething, stormy vocals and guitars, and flavoured by a distinctively rich accordion sound

Feb 15, 2026

new songs …

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Feb 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Gnarls Barkley – Pictures
Feb 26, 2026

Song of the Day: With their first release together for 18 years and those Crazy days of the noughties, the potent US combination of CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse return with soul-stirring vocals and innovative production, heralding the upcoming new album, Atlanta, out on 6 March via TenThousand Projects

Feb 26, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Thundercat - She Knows Too Much
Feb 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy groove funk and hip-hop with a Stevie Wonder vibe, with added jazz trumpet and keyboards by the acclaimed American LA multi-genre bassist, featuring the late rapper Mac Miller in a track fantasising about a woman out of his league, and the latest heralding his upcoming album Distracted, out on 3 April via Brainfeeder

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 24, 2026
Song of the Day: L.Y.R. - Dark Sky Reservation
Feb 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicate, beautiful profound new work by the trio of British poet laureate Simon Armitage, multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Pearson and singer-songwriter Richard Walters, about areas where light pollution is outlawed with this title track of their upcoming third album, out on 3 April via Real World Records

Feb 24, 2026
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Feb 23, 2026
Song of the Day: My New Band Believe - Numerology
Feb 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Energetic, eclectic, stylish new work by Cameron Picton, formerly bassist of Black Midi, with new band lineup and a pacy mix of saxophone-filled jazz, acoustic guitar and frenetic stop-start rhythms, heralding the forthcoming eponymous debut album, out on 19 April via Rough Trade

Feb 23, 2026
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Feb 22, 2026
Song of the Day: Molina - Golden Brown Sugar
Feb 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Dreamy, blurry and strangely beautiful, woozy shoegaze with washes of textured sound and some echoes of gentler My Bloody Valentine by the Copenhagen-based Chilean-Danish artist Rebecca Molina, out now on Escho Records

Feb 22, 2026
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Feb 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Lana Del Rey - White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter
Feb 21, 2026

Song of the Day: A mysterious, semi-whispered, darkly enchanting and intimate experimental country ballad in reference to her husband Jeremy Dufrene by the acclaimed American singer-songwriter, and the latest to herald her upcoming tenth studio album Stove, out on Interscope/ Universal

Feb 21, 2026
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Feb 20, 2026
Song of the Day: U2 - American Obituary
Feb 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Bono, The Edge and co return with their first new music since 1017 by the Irish rock giants, a return to form with a powerful protest song about current American politics, part of their new six-song EP, Days of Ash, out on Island Records

Feb 20, 2026
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Feb 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Fan Girl - Easy Now
Feb 19, 2026

Song of the Day: An intricate, glimmering fusion of guitars, synths, pacy rhythm and emotive delivery with stylistic echoes of Radiohead by the Melbourne indie band of Noah Harris and co, heralding the upcoming EP, 8HRS, out on 24 April via Community Music

Feb 19, 2026
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Feb 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Kloyd - New Love
Feb 18, 2026

Song of the Day: Mesmeric, repetitive, jangling ambience over gentle, infectious beats with a looping vocal by the London electronica artist Kate Lloyd with number about embarking on a journey into love with excitement, yet with an undertone of uncertainty and apprehension, then giving into surrender and euphoria

Feb 18, 2026
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Feb 17, 2026
Song of the Day: La Sécurité - Bingo
Feb 17, 2026

Song of the the Day: A quirky, sharp, clever, jerky, catchy nod to disco punk of the early-2000s by the Montreal art-punk collective with a a mix of hooky riffs, pacy drums and crunchy bass, themed across the chance numbers game and a spin on creativity, and also now the title track heralding their upcoming album out on 12 June via Mothland and Bella Union

Feb 17, 2026
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Feb 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Bleachers - You and Forever
Feb 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, passionate, stirring and serene love song from the New Jersey rock band fronted by producer and singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff, heralding the upcoming sixth album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, out on 22 May via Dirty Hit Records

Feb 16, 2026
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Feb 15, 2026
Song of the Day: Evelyn Gray - Clotheslines
Feb 15, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, evocative indie-folk with a Celtic flavour by trio of Evelyn Gray (previously of Tapir!) on guitar/vocals, Suzie Nicholls on bass, and Sophia Bartlett on violin, heralding the forthcoming project I Am Building a House (out on My Life is Big) which also includes a novel

Feb 15, 2026

Word of the week

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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
Word of the week: yanggeum
Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: A form or hammered dulcimer, this traditional Korean instrument, with a flat and trapezoidal shape, has seven sets of four metal strings hit by thin bamboo stick

Feb 12, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Word of the week: zumbador
Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week: A wonderfully evocative noun from the Spanish for word buzz, and meaning both a South American hummingbird, a door buzzer, and symbolic of resurrection of the soul in ancient Mexican culture, while also serving as the logo for a tequila brand

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 8, 2026
Word of the week: aspectabund
Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026
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Dec 24, 2025
Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)
Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 2025

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