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What do you know about Nik Kershaw ? Let's see... Wouldn't It Be Good , The Riddle , The 80s, One-Hit-Wonder. Anything else? No? Let me help you: Nik Kershaw had huge success with his records The Riddle and Human Racing in the early 1980s, after that his album sales went down. After his less successful album Radio Musicola in 1986 and The Works in 1989 he disappeared as musician, but not as a songwriter. Chesney Hawkes ' hit The One And Only , which he wrote and co-produced, went straight to number one in the UK in 1991. In 1999 he decided to release music again under his own name. The records 15 Minutes , To Be Frank , You've Got To Laugh and the acoustic album No Frills is something I can recommend warmly. Discography: 1983 Human Racing 1984 The Riddle 1986 Radio Musicola 1989 The Works 1999 15 Minutes (listen to: Somebody Loves You, Your Brave Face, What Do You Think Of It So Far, 15 Minutes) 2001 To Be Frank 2005 Then And Now (Best Of) 2...

Nik Kershaw will release his 8th studio album EI8HT on August 6 2012.  The Sky’s The Limit will be the first single. Nik Kershaw , a man known from his early 1980s hits Wouldn't It Be Good , The Riddle or I Won't Let the Sun Go Down , renewed his solo career in 1998 with his remarkable album 15 Minutes , which was loved by critics and fans. In 2001 followed To Be Frank , 2006 You’ve Got To Laugh and in 2010 No Frills (an acoustic album). Ei8ht cover I highly recommend to listen to his last four records - samples can be found here:   Nik Kershaw discography Official website: nikkershaw.net

Where to start? Some years ago, while I started to discover new musicians and bands by this new thing named ... internet, I found a lot of similar music I could not sort by a genre. The songs where very melodic, pop-like and beatlesesque but anyhow different. Years later I learned the genre was named PowerPop. So, for everyone who is into this music and especially for those who still are not - I created this blog. I will talk about my favorite artists like Mike Viola, Bleu, Owsley, Ben Folds (Five), The Nines, Ben Kweller, Jason Falkner, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Brendan Benson, David Mead, Jim Boggia, Nik Kershaw and more. And I will post rare stuff by these artists (and I hope that's okay for them), but no official released songs or albums.