The Roli Seaboard is a truly remarkable musical instrument (arguably a control surface). This would sit nicely on my desk beside the EWI 5000.

If you’re in London, head over to Gilgamesh in Camden Town to see Soul Grenades dish out some funk, free-of-charge . For details and to sign-up to the guest list, please click here .

Gregory Porter’s critically-acclaimed new album Be Good is a as enjoyable for its music as its cover. Mr Porter wears some fine duds, along with

Stumbled across this great video of the legendary Marva Whitney. I’ve loved the song for years, so it’s a real treat to find this. It’s

sly-stone-caravan-trailer-homeless.jpg It breaks my heart to hear that the legendary Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone , is living out of a caravan in Los Angeles . Sly – in the unlikely event that you read this – my spare room is yours any time, in the unlikely event that you fancy Eltham in south east London in preference to LA.