Flavour of DeMent
FOR simple songs straight from the heart, Iris DeMent’s debut album Infamous Angel is hard to beat. Her delivery is unspoilt, unadorned, often childlike in its charm and the quality of her … Continue readingFlavour of DeMent
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June Tabor: Beat the Retreat
Featuring, I kid you not, David Lindley, James Burton and Martin Carthy on guitar and Danny Thompson on bass. Incredible. Contrary to what the illustration suggests, this is the title … Continue readingJune Tabor: Beat the Retreat
Hank Williams: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Self isolating and miserable? This will cheer you up.
Millie Jackson: Leave Me Alone
Latest contribution to Isolation Week here on Radio A & M.
Crowded House: Isolation
Continuing the virus theme: good job I’ve got a few cases of Corona in store. By the way, did you know supermarkets are having to sell it off cheap because … Continue readingCrowded House: Isolation
Warren Zevon: Splendid Isolation
Topical, huh? From the 2003 album Transverse City. First in a short series of songs about being cut off from the world.
Ozark Mountain Daredevils: Standin’ on the Rock
I was watching Ozark on Netflix and it reminded me of this lot.
Bob Seger: Still the Same
Not a huge fan of Seger but I have to admit this one’s good. Here are two live performances more than 40 years apart, 1978 and 2019.
The Sex Pistols before they were infamous
A FEW months before a foul-mouthed 1976 TV interview propelled them on to the Fleet Street front pages, the Sex Pistols were performing (I hesitate to use the word ‘playing’) … Continue readingThe Sex Pistols before they were infamous
Guy Clark: LA Freeway
Guy was over 70 when he played this with Verlon Thompson in Tennessee in 2012. It comes from his 1975 debut album Old No 1. He died in 2016, RIP.