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Tag Archives: Music
The Waeve by The Waeve
“Do we actually write some music, do something completely different, and out of our comfort zone, or just give the whole bloody thing up and forget about it, generally – life, music and all the rest of it.”
Versatile Heart by Linda Thomson
A magnificent set of songs.
The Rest Of The Dream by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Meeeeeck, I luv this record
So Beautiful Or So What by Paul Simon
“I appreciate living on in the hearts of my fans, but I would rather live on in my apartment”
The Other Sides by Kate Bush
“I go out of my way to be a very normal person”
Merry-Go-Round At The Carousel by Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley’s improvisations make every moment special and unrepeatable
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
“Sometimes I don’t feel as if I’m a person at all, I’m just a collection of other people’s ideas”
Ladies Of The Canyon by Joni Mitchell
Folk. Pop. Jazz. It’s all music.
Another Side of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
The spontaneous performance, the imaginative poetry and the inspired vision make this a masterpiece.
2022
The best albums of the year
Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker
“The relationship between song lyrics and the melody makes good song writing”
Time After Time by Eva Cassidy
“It didn’t take a genius to figure it out. The moment I listened to her, I knew this was one of the best singers I’d ever heard.”
Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
Wait a minute. It’s Dire Straits!
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
“He has a voice that can draw you in, it has a pleasant appeal and his guitar playing is very accomplished. But it doesn’t ever become easy listening because underneath all that is a disquieting mood”
The Slider by T. Rex
Pure precise peerless pop perfection.
Loose Future by Courtney Marie Andrews
An impressionistic, non-experimental psychedelic country album
One World by John Martyn
Wonderfully uplifting positivity.
Infamous Angel by Iris DeMent
“Nothing good ever lasts”
His Band And The Street Choir by Van Morrison
It’s not what he sings but the way he sings it.
The Best Albums of the Sixties
If only everybody agreed with me.
Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
A musical gift from visiting aliens who have contemplated infinity, stared into the stars and wallowed in the endless void of space.
Out Of The Shadows by The Shadows
It was 60 years ago today
Bleecker Street. Greenwich Village In The 60s by Various Artists
“No regrets now. No tears goodbye. Don’t want you back. We’d only cry again. Say goodbye again”
Sweet Relief. A Benefit For Victoria Williams by Various Artists
Over 130,000 people in the UK have multiple sclerosis
Heartmind by Cass McCombs
How I spent 40 years as a teacher despite officially being a failure at speaking
John B. Sebastian by John Sebastian
Charming
Beware The Shadow by Help Yourself
Watch out for debilitating darkness
Take It Like A Man by Amanda Shires
“The whole point of this record is to show strength and vulnerability, how necessary vulnerability is in relationship.” A stunning album by @amandashires #takeitlikeaman
Sleeps With Angels by Neil Young
Personal growth shouldn’t be restricted to childhood.
Little Honey by Lucinda Williams
“You look at the world, and it just feels like everything is just falling apart. But somehow, we manage to find a reason to keep going”
Welcome 2 Club XIII by Drive By Truckers
All that’s left to do is to “drive on past the near flaming demise”
Tresor by Gwenno
The best album that I have ever heard that is sung in the Cornish language.
Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces
Give us thy album in a round cover as we give thee 37/9d
The Spur by Joan Shelley
Sadness and joy, loss and love, inertia and momentum.
Paul McCartney Live Albums
Paul McCartney has released seven live albums in his career. In total, 115 different songs have been released on these seven albums, including 42 Beatles songs.
Most Messed Up by Old 97’s
“I don’t feel like trying to be a perfect person anymore”
Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith
“Here’s to all the dreamers. May our open hearts find rest”
Down In The Groove by Bob Dylan
Is Bob Dylan’s worst album better than most artist’s best album?
SMiLE by The Beach Boys
The smile that you send out returns to you
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Psychedelic folk rock
End Times by Eels
A man in great pain over great beauty
Love Is Here by Starsailor
A mellow guitar quartet from Chorley who released a debut album which sold over one million copies.
Other Side To This Life by Fred Neil
The echoes of a mind continue to resonate over 50 years later.
Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968 by Various Artists
Leaving only a trace of gentleness in their wake
This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby
What will you miss after you die?
Caledonia Soul by Van Morrison
“Caledonia Soul” would have given us more insight into Van Morrison’s search for the moments of rebirth, of transcendence, of temporary elevation to a higher plane.
Everything Was Beautiful by Spiritualized
Spectacularly pleasing noise
The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony And The Johnsons – The Unthanks
Celebrating a change of job by listening to beautiful music
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