Don’t you hate lists compiled by music mags claiming to have the 50 Greatest Rock n Roll Artists of all time and the like? As though there is some objective test one can apply to music. As though these people are somehow more expert than us on the topic of rock n roll, the music of the ordinary people. Don’t you just hate shit like that? I hope so, cos here is my list of the 20 best Protest songs ever written. No, but seriously, these are just a list of protest songs and songs of social comme...

Call Me Irresponsible is a really important album for Michael Buble. I remember that first time I heard Buble's voice in a record store, before his first album was released and I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. The voice had a warmth about it, but also the coolness of Sinatra. He has some similar vocal qualities to Sinatra, but unlike Sinatra, he doesn't go flat. It was like Sinatra + Bobby Darin. I love what Robbie Williams and Buble have been doing for swing music in recent yea...