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YAKETY YAK'S ARTIST(S) OF THE YEAR: CANDI STATON & IRMA THOMAS

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE: NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC

LAST CHRISTMAS: THINKING ON GEORGE MICHAEL (AGAIN)

THE YAK INTERVIEW: JON CLEARY

"BLUES FOR TAN TAN"

MY LONDON LIFE: BRIGHT LIGHTS, XMAS CITY...

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

THINKING ABOUT MERLE HAGGARD & OTHER NICE THINGS

DEAD DUDES (MOSTLY)

LOOKING FOR LLOYD PRICE: AN ENIGMA WRAPPED INSIDE A JUKEBOX MUSICAL

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE NOV 22 - DEC' 22

MY LONDON LIFE: KAHIL, DEE DEE, JOOLS, PABLO, KINGFISH & CARVAGGIO

LEFTOVERS: TEMPLES, FORTRESSES, FISH, MUSIC, SOVIET RELICS, RUINATION ETC

A BRIEF BALKAN SOJOURN

A DAY TRIP TO CHERNOBYL

BALKAN EROTIC EPIC: MARINA ABRAMOVIC REDUX

TATE MODERN TWILIGHT ETC

BELLA ITALIA: SAINT DIEGO

30 YEARS OF LIVE JAZZ @ THE CRYPT!

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE: 23 OCT - 25 NOV

JOSEF KOUDELKA & MISSAN HARRIMAN: LONDON EXHIBITIONS

DOC N ROLL 25: BIG MAMA THORNTON & MORE!

ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN ... CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' IN SE15 (REDUX)

SUMMER OF SONG

AOTEAROA IN OXFORD

YEE-HA! THE GRAND OLE OPRY LANDS IN LONDON

PAYING TRIBUTE: RONNIE LANE & THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE: 24 SEPT' - 30 OCT'

THE LAST OF SUMMER: BACK TO BRIGHTON

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, B.B. KING

MAC & BATT: REFLECTIONS ON DR JOHN’S GRIS-GRIS (PART 1)

UP LATE (& HIGH UP) AT THE PROMS

A LATE SUMMER STROLL IN THE CHILTERNS

ENNIO & LUTHER, LIVE AID & MILLI VANILLI

EDWARD BURRA'S DARK VISIONS

NOTES ON NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

THE YAK INTERVIEW: DAVID CORIO – PHOTOGRAPHER

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE: 20 AUGUST - 24 SEPTEMBER

BEFORE I GROW TOO OLD: THINKING ABOUT TOMMY MCLAIN & OTHER NICE THINGS

DENNIS MORRIS @ THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S GALLERY

BRISTOL: BELLE OF THE WEST COUNTRY

ADIOS FLACO JIMENEZ!

ACE RECORDS AT 50

BELLA ITALIA: NAPLES

ADIOS OZZY & OWEN

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE

OLDIES BUT GOODIES: STEVIE WONDER & BONNIE DOBSON CONTINUE TO CAST SPELLS

ED GRAY: LEARNING TO LOOK (AT LONDON & BEYOND)

NOTES FROM THE SOFA: WIMBLEDON & SERENA WILLIAMS

SUFFOLK SUMMER

MAVERICK FESTIVAL: GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY

NOTES FROM THE SOFA: GLASTONBURY

OKINAWA DAY IN BERMONDSEY

MY LONDON LIFE: STUFF I'VE SEEN

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE: JUNE 22 – JULY 27

REFUGEE SONG

BELLA ITALIA: THE PUGILIST AT REST (2000+ YEARS)

FRANCOISE & I (REDUX)

MY LONDON LIFE: GIGS! GIGS! GIGS!

BELLA ITALIA: TREKKING ACROSS THE ETERNAL CITY

BACK TO THE BALKANS

CARAVAGGIO 2025 IN ROME

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE MAY 24 - JUNE 27

ANITA PALLENBERG REDUX

BURDEN OF DREAMS REDUX: THE ACCLAIMED DOC ON WERNER HERZOG'S AMAZONIAN OVERREACH RETURNS

MY LONDON LIFE: CYCLING THE THAMES PATH

A FAMILY AFFAIR: JOHN, CHARLOTTE & OWEN

TURKISH GREEN GROCERS

3 DEAD MEN: ADIOS TO MAC GAYDEN, DAVID THOMAS & AMADOU BAGAYOKO

MY FRIEND WIZZ

T FOR TEXAS

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE

CITY BELOW SEA LEVEL

LOUISIANA STATE OF MIND

DOWN SOUTH IN NEW ORLEANS (1)

AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRACY CHAPMAN

MY LONDON LIFE: STUFF THAT I'VE SEEN

THE KENT COAST: OLD ENGLAND MEETS NEW LONDON AT THE SEASIDE

MY LONDON LIFE: GOOD DAY SUNSHINE!

ODE TO OSIBISA: WAVING FAREWELL TO TEDDY OSEI

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE MARCH 23 - APRIL 25

THE PECKHAM BARBER

BACK TO BLACK: PAULINE BLACK SPEAKS

HONG KONG STATE OF MIND

POLYNESIAN SOUL

KIWI KAI: NOTES ON PIES & STICKY BUNS

NEWS FROM NOWHERE (WELL, NZ...)

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE FEB' 22 - MARCH 23

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRMA THOMAS (& MY MUM)

BALKAN GHOST TOWNS

KIWI TIME: AN OVERVIEW OF LIFE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

AUCKLAND CALLING – NOTES FROM THE KIWI SUMMER

A LOST SOUL: C.L.R. JAMES JR

MAG’ SEVEN II: MORE RARE/ LOST/ PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED MUSIC FROM TEXAS TO TASHKENT, LONDON TO LA

ADIOS LONDON, ALOHA AUCKLAND

GARTH'S GIG GUIDE 25 January - 24 February

“I REFUSE TO BE ABUSED”: CANDI STATON & VETERAN AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICES IN LONDON

BONNIE ON BOB: A VILLAGE VETERAN’S OBSERVATIONS ON 'A COMPLETE UNKNOWN'

MY LONDON LIFE: LAST RITES FOR A PIE & MASH SHOP, OLIVER! RETURNS TO THE WEST END & COCKNEY REBELS (redux)

THE MAGNIFICENT 7 – SUPERB REISSUES FROM THE 20TH CENTURY

AS WE RISE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE BLACK ATLANTIC (+SICILY, SOUTH AFRICA, ‘80s BRITAIN & ELTON’S FRAGILE BEAUTY)

WINTER WARMER: A ROUNDUP OF MUSIC DOCS NOW AVAILABLE (IN CINEMAS & STREAMING)

HAPPY NEW YEAR/A YEAR(+) OF THE YAK