Pentangle: Lord Franklin
John Renbourn to the fore in this lovely song from the 1970 album Cruel Sister.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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The Strokes: Is This It?
Excellent title track from the precocious New Yorkers’ 2001 debut album.
Joe Walsh: Meadows
From the 1973 album The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get. Love the way the drums thunder in after 18 seconds.
Betty Wright: Clean Up Woman
Charladies’ anthem from 1971.
Will Oldham: Antagonism
Intense, driving track from his 1997 album Joya, unusually released under his own name rather than Palace Music or Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
Jackson Browne/David Lindley/Luz Casal: These Days
Browne and Lindley toured Spain together in 2006, resulting in the live double CD Love Is Strange which came out four years later. The guest singer, Luz Casal, is a … Continue readingJackson Browne/David Lindley/Luz Casal: These Days
Neil Young down in the ditch
BY the end of 1972, Neil Young was a global superstar. He had found huge success in collaboration with Crosby, Stills and Nash. His third solo album, After The Gold Rush, … Continue readingNeil Young down in the ditch
Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song
For many years it was accepted wisdom that Cohen was deadly serious – nicknamed Laughing Lenny. In fact he could be a hoot. Originally on the 1988 album I’m Your … Continue readingLeonard Cohen: Tower of Song
Traffic: Glad/Freedom Rider
Always enjoyed the instrumental Glad, from 1970’s John Barleycorn Must Die album. Here’s a live version I’ve just found.
A-levels made easy
THERE is a classic moment in one of PG Wodehouse’s golf stories when a player who has missed a putt claims he was distracted by the beating of a butterfly’s … Continue readingA-levels made easy