Archive - Kaptin’s Substack

UK Rap on TV - 1986

This is how we take the old to the new.

Jul 14 • Kaptin Barrett

Field Music: Babyhead

A new intermittent series of posts about the music that fuels our festivals.

Jul 11 • Kaptin Barrett

They Can't Close Down Carnival

There was no way I was going to miss St Paul's Carnival this year.

Jul 5 • Kaptin Barrett

Kaptin's Newsletter - June / July 2026

We're Not Going on a Summer Holiday

Jul 2 • Kaptin Barrett

June 2026

UK Rap on TV - Early to Mid 80s

Restoring British Hip hop and 80s rappers to their rightful place in music history.

Jun 25 • Kaptin Barrett

Big Love & Birthdays

A special celebration is just around the corner.

Jun 19 • Kaptin Barrett

Kaptin's Newsletter: May-June 2026

Seeing the wood and the trees.

Jun 3 • Kaptin Barrett

May 2026

FOCUS Wales 2026: Day Four

Let's wrap this up.

May 12 • Kaptin Barrett

FOCUS Wales 2026: Day 3

Now we're really cooking

May 9 • Kaptin Barrett

FOCUS Wales 2026: Day Two

It's a marathon not a sprint

May 8 • Kaptin Barrett

FOCUS Wales 2026: Day One

Welcome To Wrexham

May 7 • Kaptin Barrett

Kaptin's Newsletter: April-March 2026

In which I try to take things easy.

May 1 • Kaptin Barrett

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