Jim Carroll

Music, Life and everything else

Joining the dots between the Caribbean and Britain

Stuart Baker’s “Mirror to the Soul” documentary examines the huge influence of Caribbean life on British society and culture

Now Playing – the tunes of the week at OTR HQ

The soundtrack to the last seven days and nights from Majical Cloudz, Nile Rodgers, Electric Guest, John Newman and Beyonce

New Music – Gold Fields, Bipolar Sunshine, Nonono

New arrivals on the OTR talent radar from Australia, Manchester and Sweden

James Murphy and Nicolas Jaar for Body & Soul

The former LCD Soundsystem swinger heads the latest batch of line-ups for the mid-summer soiree

Why (successful) bands have the power

Bands may hold all the cards in the music business in 2013, but it’s the successful ones who can really call the shots

How are this year’s outdoor shows and festivals doing?

A look at the summer shows which are doing well – and the shows which will require a lot of radio ads to shift tickets

Castlepalooza 2013 at first blush

Big rake of acts announced for the Co Offaly festival including Girls Names, Ghostpoet, Fight Like Apes, And So I Watch You From Afar and Le Galaxie

10 things we learned this weekend

Tales from the weekend including Beyonce, Chris Dave, Mud, Pilgrim Hill, music festival foodies and much more