Graham Maby

New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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jazz New Wave Pop 

We The Cats: Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive at 40

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Jim Allen 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, AM, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Cab Calloway, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Jumpin' Jive, Louis Jordan, Night and Day

In the Summer of ’81, a New Wave firebrand became the first neo-swing king

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Dub/Reggae New Wave Power Pop Punk 

They’ve All Gone…: Beat Crazy Turns 40

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, Beat Crazy, Biology, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Fit, Graham Maby, I'm The Man, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Look Sharp!, Mad At You, Pretty Boys

That time Joe Jackson subverted Rock ‘n’ Roll but nobody noticed

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

What A ‘Fool’ Believes

January 18, 2019October 6, 2025 Jim Allen 0 Comments Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, New Wave

Joe Jackson on looking sharp and looking forward

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