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Kate Ryan delivers a new take on ‘Smalltown Boy’

Dance music artist Kate Ryan is the latest artist to cover Bronski Beats queer anthem ‘Smalltown Boy’. The Belgian artist has delivered the track as a light dance tune and renamed it ‘Runaway (Smalltown Boy)’. Ryan, who represented Belgium at Eurovision in 2006, has often scored a hit in Europe by updating tracks with a […]

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Retro Cassette Friday

Retro Cassette Friday

Getting a spin on the trusty boom box this week are albums from soul singer Jill Scott, who’ll be in Perth soon, the debut album from The Bangles and the first collection of covers from the British Electric Foundation. On Friday mornings we pick three albums from the past, drop them into the cassette player […]

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British Electric Foundation Returns

British Electric Foundation Returns

The British Electric Foundation has returned with their fourth album. It’s not often this band release music, but it’s always worth the wait. ‘Dark – Music of Quality and Distinction Volume Three’ sees maestro Martin Ware bringing in some of the biggest singers in the business to record covers tunes. The theme is a focus […]

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Andy Bell Takes on Kate Bush

Andy Bell Takes on Kate Bush

Erasure’s lead singer Andy Bell has revealed he’ll be releasing a version of the Kate Bush classic ‘Breathing’. The track is part of the British Electric Foundati0n’s release ‘Dark: Music of Quality and Distinction Volume 3’. The BEF is made up of Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. The duo left British electro band The […]

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