Islands by King Crimson

Taking my time

The Smiths

Forming a friendship across the age gap through music.

American Gothic by David Ackles

That feeling of relief on a Friday

Copper Blue by Sugar

Switching the volume up doesn’t always make things better.

Passion by Peter Gabriel

Transforming from Progressive Rock to World Music

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Searching for truth

The Birth Of Soul by Ray Charles

Ray Charles – The Early Years

Their Satanic Majesties Requests by The Rolling Stones

Watching “Mick Jagger” dancing at my wedding

Too Crowded On The Losing End by Patty Hurst Shifter

What is cult music?

Love What You Do by The Hackensaw Boys

Discovering great music in Oxford

A Grand Don’t Come For Free by The Streets

Chatting while watching cricket

Your Dog, Champ by Brent Best

Listening to a horsefly in a stockyard full of sheep

Reunions by Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell is constructing a superb body of work

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Following up on Spotify’s Release Radar

Time Without Consequences by Alexi Murdoch

Bliss before the pandemic

The Marble Index by Nico

A mind forever voyaging through strange seas

Brighter Than Creation’s Dark by Drive By Truckers

Wandering around Monument Valley

Shabini by The Bhundu Boys

Listening to “World Music” for the first time

Miss America by Mary Margaret O’Hara

Can music ever be truly original?

If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You by Caravan

Listening

Uncle Charlie And His Dog Teddy by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Recording the mad actions of a mature student

Late For The Sky by Jackson Browne

Feeling that a singer is talking right to me

Flaming Pie by Paul McCartney

Trying not to fall apart

The Velvet Underground And Nico

Always crashing in the same Lada

Bob Dylan Artist’s Choice (Music That Matters To Him)

Clappin’

Darling Arithmetic by Villagers

Watching “Normal People”

Rook by Shearwater

The unsettling effect of a falsetto voice

The Use Of Ashes by Pearls Before Swine

Contemplating the benefits of infinite choice

Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground by Bright Eyes

Taking comfort from bleakness

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

Going to folk club on a Monday night

BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert by The Incredible String Band

Listening to eccentric music on a reel to reel tape recorder