Merril Bainbridge: Sleeping Dogs
There won’t be many slumbering canines while this bird is singing.
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Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Sick As A Dog
I can empathise with this; one night I got into some lamb vindaloo left on a plate by my ‘owner’. He needed a full packet of poo bags the following … Continue readingKasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Sick As A Dog
Steely Dan: Gaucho
One of the Dan’s finest little novelettes – two old queens arguing after one of them brings a rent-boy home. This 2008 live version has Walter Becker on lead vocals; … Continue readingSteely Dan: Gaucho
Attracted to tractors
LAST week I mentioned that there was to be a vintage tractor rally that day. I duly went along and found a delightful crowd of enthusiasts admiring the old things. There must … Continue readingAttracted to tractors
Patto: Bad News
Like Free, Patto had a wonderful feeling of space within their music. RIP the great Ollie Halsall.
Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Wake Up and Make Love With Me
‘I come awake, with a gift for womankind’. Randy old bugger.
Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses
Live 2003 version of the song from her eponymous debut album released on Rough Trade back in 1988. And very good too.
The xx: Stars
Not my usual sort of thing but I do like their debut album and this song, which starts out like Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer.
My Top 100 Part 4
TEN more of the albums that have given me most pleasure. If you missed any of the three previous instalments, you can find them here. And for the reader who complained last … Continue readingMy Top 100 Part 4
Planxty: Si bheag Si mhor
Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on! (Mrs Doyle)