Roy St John: Slow Me Down
A little gem from Roy’s 1975 album Immigration Declaration. John Peel was a big fan. Me too. And that’s about all of us.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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The Smiths: There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Live version of this charming song from the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.
Patti Smith: Summer Cannibals
Most of Patti ‘Unpretentious’ Smith’s work leaves me cold but she occasionally hits the spot, as with this selection from 1996.
German cuisine: An apology
WHEN writing Tuesday’s piece about German food, I was confident it was so exaggerated that no one could possibly take it seriously. And indeed hundreds of readers gave it the thumbs-up, Teutons … Continue readingGerman cuisine: An apology
Elliott Smith: The Rose Parade
Superb song from the 1997 album Either/Or. Smith died in 2003, aged 34, from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy failed to determine whether he had been murdered … Continue readingElliott Smith: The Rose Parade
Jesse Winchester: Defying Gravity
Lovely song from the 1974 LP Learn To Love It. Also covered two years later by Jimmy Buffett.
Robert Wyatt: Yesterday Man
A cover of the Chris Andrews hit, this was Robert’s 1974 follow-up to his successful single I’m A Believer. I think the brass section (Gary Windo and Mongezi Feza) makes … Continue readingRobert Wyatt: Yesterday Man
German food: What we’ll be missing
JUST in case you thought Project Fear could be ratcheted up no further, here comes another devastating warning. The Germans have threatened that their food producers might stop exporting to the … Continue readingGerman food: What we’ll be missing
Genesis – when Prog ruled the Earth
OUR destination this week is the Land of Prog – a magical country whose population includes a woman in evening gown with the head of a fox, blood-drinking snakes and … Continue readingGenesis – when Prog ruled the Earth
Big Star: Nightime
Brilliant snapshot from the classic album Third/Sister Lovers.