A record that travelled the world, and an artist who had no idea just how far his music had reached. Cold Fact found its way into my childhood home in Australia and, decades later, I found myself standing in the crowd at a Sixto Rodriguez gig in Sydney. This is my reflection on this iconic album, the mystery, and the wonderfully improbable story of the man behind the songs who would later find the exposure that had eluded him back in the early '70s.

This is a reflection on the making of Marvin's iconic album, What’s Going On, the people and moments that inspired it, and why more than fifty years later its questions still gently echo through our everyday lives, even over a 6am coffee in a little Fitzroy café in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sade has never rushed the creative process. With years between albums and an unwavering trust in her own timing, perhaps she proves that creativity, like a fine wine, sometimes needs to be left alone until it's ready to pour.

Guns N' Roses may have become one of the biggest rock bands in history, but without one A&R representative willing to trust his instincts, the iconic album Appetite for Destruction may never have reached the audience it deserved.

Chris Cornell's powerful notes, technical vocal ability, emotional expression and sheer raw power would become the juice that helped define Soundgarden’s unique sound and walk on stage as the rock god, he so effortlessly embodied.

Chris Cornell’s songwriting would go on to span a diverse catalogue of more than 200 songs across Soundgarden, his side project Temple of the Dog, his solo career and, later, Audioslave becaming one of the most distinctive and respected voices and songwriters to emerge from the grunge era.