D'Angelo - Black MessiahIt's almost two decades since D'Angelo laced us with 'Brown Sugar' and 14 years since he unleashed 'Voodoo' into the public domain. Now, completely scuppering everyone's end of year album lists, the elusive Michael Eugene Archer returns in a timely fashion, with the politically tinged 'Black Messiah'. Funkadelic's Kendra Foster and Tribe Called Quest's Q Tip co penned a few tracks, and Questlove, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer James Gadson help

That‰۪s Poison Season in essence: familiar yet mysterious

Steve J Jones : drums

TG sugared their output just enough to raise the profile of their work

this was not to be the case

But it has given far more than its share of music and joy to the world in return over the past four decades

stark drum beats

' ala Lennon's wonsaponatime

åÊIt's hard to admit that one is so influenced by what is in front of us

to the sublime synthscape paen 'Radiance'

released on 27 January 2004

That‰۪s due to more than the unbridled sound of pure faith welling up in the varied voices of such largely obscure performers as Elizabeth King

Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature length documentary about the beloved and influential 70s rock band Big Star