A new cross-genre playlist, called Grandmaster Music, curated by GM Jon. 50 of my personal favourite songs. I created this for myself because I wanted to hear them all together! Features, among others, Bob Dylan, NeilYoung, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, The Kinks, Johnny Cash, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Prince, Al Green, Donovan, Nick Cave and R.E.M. Oh…and I slipped in a few of the best by GM Jon hoping you wouldn’t notice… open.spotify.com/playlist/60…

A song with lyrics by Van Gogh... Reached 1000 streams on Spotify today: open.spotify.com/track/1rIut…

Songs for a Fallen World, the brilliant new GM Jon album of songs with lyrics by the poet, John F Keane, is coming tomorrow...

The famous Wittgenstein poker incident was 80 years ago today! The Prof Tudor Rickards song has done well on Spotify with getting on for 4000 streams… open.spotify.com/track/6PXOo…

Me Unwrapped, the Prof Tudor Rickards' rap song, is the most popular GM Jon track on Spotify over the last seven days with 1236 streams and 47 saves, way ahead of second placed Into a Cold Sunset (Jazz), with GM Jon lyrics and music, which has had 767 streams and 22 saves. A link to the winner: open.spotify.com/track/4hzzX… And to the second place song: open.spotify.com/track/1Tybw…

A new video on GM Jon's own You-tube channel went up today: youtube.com/watch?v=IQz6FlUI… #GMJon #AlanTuring #TuringTest #EnigmaCode #BletchleyPark #Codebreaker #ComputerScience

It goes up and down (depending on the vagaroes of certain popular playlists), but for now GM Jon's Spotify artist page shows over 10k monthly listeners. Please follow, try a few songs, and catch all the latest releases! open.spotify.com/artist/37lu… #GMJon #TaraTurner #TudorRickards #JohnFKeane #SteveTranter #TomTurner

Looking like a hit! Professor Tudor Rickards, who is in his mid eighties and started writing songs in 2025 and has now penned over 100 of them, has knocked up another creative rap gem: Me Unwrapped (with music by GM Jon) has gone past 1000 streams in its first week on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/4hzzX… Lyrics Me, rap? Can’t rap, don’t ask me. No way — I’m old, too sold, too cold. Me, rap? Don’t put that on me. I’m better off exactly as I’ve always been told. Too white, too establishment, Don’t need to know who pays my rent. Can’t dance, can’t swing a beat — too tight, Two left feet. I’m rigid, right? No groove, no moves, no attitude, No evidence I’ve ever understood. If rhythm’s a river, I’ve missed the boat — I stand on the bank and clear my throat. Can’t swing, can’t wing, Here’s another nerdy thing: I cannot originate, I much prefer to imitate. Give me a model, give me a rule, Give me a book and I’ll play the fool. Don’t ask me to make something new — I’ll make a copy, probably better than you. Me, rap? Can’t rap, don’t ask me. No way — I’m old, too sold, too cold. Me, rap? Don’t put that on me. There’s nothing here worth being told. I’m not a party animal, Or a scary Hannibal. Not a closet claustrophobic — Me? I’m mostly frontal-lobic. No wild side waiting to be found, No secret beast beneath the ground. If there’s a hidden me inside, He’s probably filed it, sealed it, and died. Made a living without giving Way to emotion — not my portion. A life that suited me quite well, Like a medieval monk in a medieval cell. No need for passion, no need for fire, No inconvenient heart’s desire. Keep everything calm, contained, controlled — A tidy life is a life well told. Me, rap? Can’t rap, don’t ask me. No way — I’m old, too sold, too cold. Me, rap? Don’t put that on me. Nothing to see here — nothing to hold. Better gagged and locked away, Never glimpse the light of day. In a box marked: DEADLY DANGER! Keep away, intruding stranger. Don’t lift the lid, don’t pull the tape, Don’t ask what might be my escape. Whatever’s in me, let it stay — Safely wrapped and packed away. I don’t want to be unwrapped. Leave my juices all untapped. Leave me and my sleeping soul Unwitnessed, wrapped and whole. Don’t open me, don’t ask me why. Don’t turn the key, don’t ask what’s inside. For all I know, beneath this shell There’s something worth unwrapping — but I wouldn’t tell. Me, rap? Can’t rap, don’t ask me. No way — I’m old, too sold, too cold. Me, rap? Well… maybe, perhaps. Maybe there’s something underneath all these wraps. Me, rap? Don’t ask me to explain. I’m still too cold, too old, too sane. But if you really want to see And hear it in a different key You’ll gonna have to unwrap me. And here it is on You-tube: youtube.com/watch?v=bKjnIoPJ…

One from the back catalogue, published a while back. GM Jon only started in 2025, so a ‘while back’ usually means a few months ago only… The song was actually written in 1876 by Henry Work. Johnny Cash covered it in 1959. I am a big Johnny Cash fan, though I think he was an even better singer 40 years later…The modern, Tara Turner version is superior in my opinion! What do you think? youtube.com/watch?v=f7EpEW72… #GMJon #TaraTurner #HenryWork #Synthwave #DanceRock #GrandfathersClock

Wisdom of Garry Kasparov (Tara Turner) has gone past 1000 streams on Spotify. This is a song produced by GM Jon where the lyrics consist of quotes by Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63, the former World Chess Champion and the highest rated player for 20 years running: open.spotify.com/track/0Ekyr…

Steve Tranter's The Roaming Minstrel will be coming round in two days time...

The Boats and the Brown, a Professor Tudor Rickards’ song based on a poem by Frank Place (his account seems suspended at the moment on x) is out today (now) on You-tube. The song is performed by Tom Turner, brother of Tara: youtube.com/watch?v=G0IlIHvr…

A tennis playing tortoise? Professor Tudor Rickards' song, Terry Goes to Wimbledon, has now passed 1000 streams on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3NuHk…

The Boats and the Brown, Prof Tudor Rickards' adapted version of a poem by Frank Place, is coming tomorrow...

Now on Spotify too...The latest GM Jon song with lyrics by poet John F Keane and vocals by Tara Turner: open.spotify.com/track/4v1gb…

One from the back catalogue, published a while back. GM Jon only started in 2025, so a ‘while back’ usually means a few months ago only… One for the dog lovers out there… youtube.com/watch?v=mxXzxbgK… #CompletelyCockapooAboutYou #CockapooLove #DogsInMusic #TaraTurnerSings #GMJonMusic #PetLoversUnite