A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
One of the great songs about being given the heave-ho: Jilted John and Elvis Costello’s Alison spring to mind. I liked Joe Jackson – he could have done a lot … Continue readingJoe Jackson: Is She Really Going Out With Him?
THERE are certain musical acts which seem to have a special appeal to the male of the species. For example, I have only ever encountered one girl who liked King … Continue readingGroundhogs Days
What a guitar sound! Peerless stuff from the Rorster.
I think it’s fair to say that there’s nobody else in the world with a sound quite like this.
SPARE a thought for poor old Floella Benjamin. Or rather Dame Floella. Having arrived in the UK as a child from her native Trinidad, she grew up in leafy Beckenham, Kent, and worked … Continue readingDame Flo paints it black
Magical banjo and vocals turn from the 2005 concept album Come On Feel The Illinoise, part of Sufjan’s short-lived project to record an LP for each and every state of … Continue readingSufjan Stevens: Decatur
Brilliant title track from the 2012 album by the Drive By Truckers’ former frontman, played live.
Live version of a song from the band’s marvellous eponymous 1998 album.
So much of its time, and vying for the title of least photogenic band in the world, a track from 1971. A toffee apple to anyone who can name the … Continue readingMountain: Don’t Look Around
This is a new discovery. I think I’m going to like BG-C very much.