Taking my time
Monthly Archives: May 2020
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