Plainsong: I’ll Fly Away
Following on from Joni’s Amelia, this is taken from the 1972 album In Search of Amelia Earhart. And here are Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss with their version from the … Continue readingPlainsong: I’ll Fly Away
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Joni Mitchell: Amelia
‘Like Icarus ascending, on beautiful foolish arms’. Magical live version of one of the greatest songs ever written.
Bridget St John: Fly High
Fifty years after I first heard it, this still sends shivers down my back.
Faces: Flying
Featuring an extremely shaggy Rodular barnet, a live version from French TV.
School meals, yum!
FROM the day I started infants’ school at the age of five, my mother insisted that I come home every day for lunch. Perhaps influenced by her own experience as … Continue readingSchool meals, yum!
Gillian Welch: Paper Wings
Commencing a short season on the theme of flight, a live version of the Gillster’s wistful tune from her classic 1995 debut album Revival.
Pavement: Shady Lane
A debut appearance on A & M for Stephen Malkmus and Co. Great video.
Hiroshi Yoshimura: Clouds
Lovely ambient stuff from 1982.
Brian Eno: Like I Was A Spectator
With brilliant footage supplied by Nasa. Majestic.
Pablo Casals: The Song of the Birds
Nothing wrong with a bit of culture now and then . . .