Prime-time Television
OF all the rave reviews I have read over the years, the one that sticks in the mind most is Nick Kent’s hyperbolic two-page celebration of the debut Television LP, Marquee … Continue readingPrime-time Television
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The Strawbs: Queen of Dreams
Smashing period piece from the 1992 album Grave New World.
A Liddle means a lot
FOR quite a while now the only reason my wife and I have taken the Sunday Times(yes, you take it, like foul-tasting medicine) has been Rod Liddle. His attacks on the … Continue readingA Liddle means a lot
Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Classic piece of misery from Yoakam’s 1993 album This Time. It features in two movies, Chasers and the excellent Red Rock West. Sorry if you get a tedious advert first; … Continue readingDwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Johnny Jenkins: I Walk on Gilded Splinters
Brilliant, swampy, let-there-be-drums classic by Jenkins, the band leader who first hired Otis Redding to sing in his group, the Pinetoppers. Taken from the 1970 album Ton Ton Macoute.
Ivan: Real Wild Child
Hard to imagine anyone sounding less like a real wild child than this 1958 release. Iggy Pop was still singing it 60 years later.
Ian Matthews: Thoughts for a Friend
Lovely sitar-led track from Ian’s 1969 album Matthews’ Southern Comfort https://am-records.com/?s=matthews+country
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Please Read The Letter
From the 2007 album Raising Sand. I love the fact that, after singing like a grown-up all the way through, Planty can’t resist a few Led Zep-style whoops as it … Continue readingRobert Plant and Alison Krauss: Please Read The Letter
June Tabor: Broom of Cowdenknowes
From the 1996 album Singing The Storm, with Savourna Stevenson and the brilliant Danny Thompson.
Fleetwood Mac on Blue Horizon
ONE of my better musical investments of the last twenty years was a CD box set – Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969. This comprises six discs and includes … Continue readingFleetwood Mac on Blue Horizon