Category: A’s Track of the Day

No apologies for returning to the lovely Laura. This is from her 2007 album Saltbreakers, and very good it is too.

Who else could rhyme Hammersmith Palais with the Bolshoi Ballet?

From the brilliant Helsinki concert of 1974, captured on You Can’t Do That etc Volume 2.

A good example of the clever lyrics that helped make country music a dominant force in the Eighties. By the end of that decade the magnificently bemulleted Whitley had drunk … Continue readingKeith Whitley: Miami, My Amy

Is this the worst haircut in history? Or the best?

What a tribute to Allman, who died in 2017. The playing is beautiful. The song comes from Eat a Peach, which came out in 1972 four months after the death … Continue readingGregg Allman with Jackson Browne: Melissa

I was walking the dog on Waddington Fell when this suddenly came into my mind. Used to have the Slug Line album on vinyl but got rid years ago. Now … Continue readingJohn Hiatt: Slug Line

Title track of his 1971 album. The guitarist is Ray Russell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Russell_(musician)

A live performance which typifies the Unthanks – great singing but too much going on instrumentally. Contrast it with the beautifully understated Nic Jones on The Noah’s Ark Trap, my … Continue readingThe Unthanks: Annachie Gordon

Must admit I’d forgotten all about this sweet cut from his 1968 debut album until it came up on my iPod shuffle feature. Thanks, Poddy.