Category: A’s Track of the Day

From their classic 1970 LP American Beauty.

Two versions of Joni’s classic that show how her voice changed over the years. The first is from her second album, Clouds, released in 1969 (yes, I’m still on about … Continue readingJoni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

Very much of its time (1983) but Annie Lennox was quite a singer. And the fact that she often popped out to the off-licence in scruffy threads, rather than the … Continue readingEurythmics: Here Comes The Rain Again

Answer, yes. Far too bloody much of it.

It’s time someone did a Ribble Valley version of this Newman classic – I KNOW it’s going to rain today.

And neither can I, Mr George. Will it ever stop pouring? The road outside our house is a river and it’s still rising.

Winsome warble from the 1975 LP The Rotters’ Club. Any song that has Michael Miles in the lyrics is good enough for me.

Dreamy instrumental from Darwen’s finest; last track on his 1974 debut album for Island, Let The Days Go By.

You have to admire the nerve of young clog-dancing lasses from the North East taking on almost sacred rock classics – and winning. This one, from the 2011 album Last, … Continue readingThe Unthanks: Starless

Gorgeous clip from the 1972 album Carl and the Passions – ‘So Tough’. Carl and the Passions were Brian Wilson and Mike Love’s high school band.