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Jan Savage, founder member of 1960s garage rock avatars the Seeds died in Oklahoma on 5 August. Alec Palao pays tribute and points out the importance of this iconic guitar slinger.

Swamp pop music entertainer and broadcaster Rod Bernard passed away on July 12, 2020, in New Iberia, Louisiana, after a short illness.

The memoirs of Britain’s first lady of the Blues – Dana Gillespie – chronicled for the very first time!

“Spending time with Dana was very special. She was magical, and helped me overcome my shyness. She knew my story before I did!” Sir Elton John

“A real talent with everything she has ever done …. A beautiful artistic lady in every sense of the word.” Rick Wakeman

“From David Bowie to Alf Garnett… They say that variety is the spice of life, and Dana’s life has seen more spice than most.” Julian Clary

John Broven’s revised, updated edition of South to Louisiana has won a 2020 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in the Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, or Roots Music category, beating out Ken Burns’ Country Music book along the way.

Remembered by Tony Rounce.

At the end of last week, a 99-year-old man died.

Quinton Claunch’s passing didn’t make the Friday lunchtime news, nor did it cause national networks to scrap their scheduled programming for the rest of the day, and broadcast hour after hour of tributes to his achievements.

Although it should have done.

News of Quinton’s death may have flown ‘under the radar’ - but as soon as it was announced, word quickly spread among a sad soul community that he had gone, and the subsequent tributes across soul’s social media have been many, and glowing.