Meat Feast
THE morning after a fairly heavy Saturday night, a brisk walk with the dog through the heather in the rain failed to lift my spirits. There was only one thing … Continue readingMeat Feast
Author: Alan Ashworth
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Fairport Convention: Tam Lin
Live at Cropredy, 2017. The singer is Chris While; the rest need no introduction.
Warren Zevon: Sentimental Hygiene
Cracking live version from 1988. WZ, much missed.
Rickie Lee Jones: The Real End
Quirky video accompanies this highlight from 1984’s The Magazine.
Eels: It’s a Motherfucker
Sweet love song from the Daisies of the Galaxy album, released in 2000.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Song of the Seasons
From his forthcoming album Barn; great to hear that old harmonica again.
Brinsley Schwarz: Country Girl
Very, very strange clip, from Dutch TV apparently on Christmas Eve, 1974, although the song is from the 1970 album Despite It All, before the Brinsleys went all R & … Continue readingBrinsley Schwarz: Country Girl
Tinariwen: Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
Lovely, moody stuff from the nomad crew.
What’s Latin for failure?
ONE of the most common nightmares, I have been led to believe, involves sitting an exam for which one is completely unprepared. In my case, it actually happened – and … Continue readingWhat’s Latin for failure?
First Aid Kit: Complainte pour Ste. Catherine
Yesterday we had Canada’s McGarrigle sisters performing this lovely song in 1976. Today it’s the turn of the precocious Soderberg sisters from Stockholm, 40 years later.