Listening to beautiful music in Skye
Monthly Archives: Apr 2020
The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats
Perspectives changing over time
Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
The significance of Canterbury
Our Bright Night by Kirsty Merryn
Appreciating the impact of a good song arrangement
The Storyteller by Todd Snider
Driving from Lake Tahoe in the snow
Blood by This Mortal Coil
Looking down on the Vallee Blanche
The Wall by Pink Floyd
Reflecting on 41 years as a teacher
Kid A by Radiohead
Exploring previously overlooked albums because of Lockdown
Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Appreciating great music using sound and vision
The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony And The Johnsons – The Unthanks
Celebrating a change of job by listening to beautiful music
Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit
Enjoying the humour and wit of modern protest music
Flying Cowboys by Rickie Lee Jones
Listening to Rickie Lee Jones in Prague in 1989
Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
A failed encounter leading to an appreciation of one Leonard Cohen song
Defending Ancient Springs by Jackie Leven
Renewing a friendship
Album II by Loudon Wainwright III
What is memory?
Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee
Listening to an album for the first time
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days
Mourning the death of a great song writer
Here Come The Blues by Mighty Ballistics Hi-Power
Buying an obscure, but great, record in Leicester
On The Threshold Of A Dream by The Moody Blues
Teenage years playing table tennis and listening to Progressive Rock
Life’ll Kill Ya by Warren Zevon
Sad memories
Brian Wilson
Melting away in a beautiful Swiss summer
Shooting At The Moon by Kevin Ayers And The Whole World
Groovy music for straight people
Sail On by Dick Gaughan
Driving with my Dad
Friends by The Beach Boys
Dismissing “Value For Money”
The Waterboys
Discovering new music on “The Tube” in the 80s
Wingless Angels by John Stewart
Appreciating the gift of music
Violent Femmes
Carrying records around to display how cool you are
Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
Re-evaluating a classic album
Crazy On The Weekend by Sunhouse
Meeting your musical heroes
Time Fades Away by Neil Young
Exploring the power of a trilogy
