Good news from the Colonies.

My old friend Tom Upstone is coming over. Before he emigrated to Australia many years ago, I used to hang out with him a lot. Real music buff, Tom embraced every genre and I remember him raving about this obscure 1950s Nina Simone track – “You’ve got to hear it”. Back then, that was easier said than done. No iTunes, no YouTube, if you wanted to hear a track, you had to find it. And one day, in a second hand record shop, I did. Tom was right, of course he was, it was fantastic. So whenever I was DJ-ing, I’d play it and people would always come up and ask me what it was. A few years later, it became a big hit and I’d tell everyone that this was all because of me. But no. If it was all because of anyone, it was all because of Tom.