KOKO UK

Should you hear the refrain ''modern music is going nowhere'', don't despair it's just time to get a little retro. With the airwaves thick with news items about downloads finishing off the recording industry, no need to enter a period of mourning. Get involved, it's your duty to help finish it off. If you are anywhere near middle aged and still yet to discover that Bob Dylan did indeed make some very fine records, now's your chance to find out which ones they were. If you have spent most of your life avoiding anything that can be called ''Jazz'' well what better time to discover that Miles Davis is probably the best musician of the 21st century. Well, who did you think it was The Edge? Just like fine wine and the odd cigar certain genres are quite rightly ignored by the youthful. But maybe now, whilst we all wait for the Klaxons to actually do something, would be a good time to investigate the past. Start with these five and let us know how you get on.

1. Captain Beefheart
2. Sir Bob Of Dylan
3. Howlin' Wolf
4. Sun Ra
5. Can

Ted, lighting up the past so you can understand the future

MARIA RITA

Maria Rita (pronounced Hee Ta) is a very fine Brazilian singer who had the world wide hit 'Segundo'. Expect heartfelt songs from a very rich tradition with enough sumptuous melody to take up residence in your mind until breakfast the next day.

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