RASTA MAN STAND by MIDNITE Story by Aidan Kenner
Today I heard Vaughn Benjamin was dead. For a moment, I became one perfect bubble, rippling in the light air, bursting its tears on the windows of a loud train.
WALTZ FOR DEBBY by BILL EVANS Story by N.T. McQueen
Even before the idea of children, the words haunted me. A porcelain pure girl who leaves her dolls and her prince and her silly old bear when adulthood corrupts her imagination.
FRIDAY ON MY MIND by DAVID BOWIE Story by Stephen Andrew
We’re so open to it all it’s no wonder that Friday on My Mind made such an impression. Bowie's version especially.
GIMME SHELTER featuring MERRY CLAYTON Story by Rijn Collins
I’ve been so immersed in music before that I’ve forgotten where the knife ends and my body begins. Sometimes I wear scars of songs that move me; a nick on my finger, a burn on my wrist.
CENTRE STAGE Nick Gadd
Congratulations to Stereo Stories writer Nick Gadd on the publication of his second novel, Death of a Typographer.
MAN IN THE MIRROR by MICHAEL JACKSON Story by Aimee Chan
I didn’t know what to make of a song about race relations sung by someone who had literally changed skin colour.
The hard sell
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GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O Traditional folk song. Story by Ruby Claire
When I was 10, my aunty moved from that house and we no longer had the uncle with the big red truck. There was no more chipped white paint and no more tyre swing.
DRIFT AWAY by DOBIE GRAY Story by Glen Williams
Most teenagers don’t want to be seen dead with their parents, let alone dance with them, but for some reason, I knew magic was being created in this little Dee Why record shop.
CENTRE STAGE Rick Kane
Rick Kane loves music. That’s what shines through his stories. He cherishes music, he savours music, he lives for music.