Cowboy Junkies: Fuck, I Hate The Cold
For some reason Margo Timmins’s ten-year-old daughter got in trouble for singing this at school.
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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich: The Wreck Of The Antoinette
This always seemed to me an odd topic for a pop song but it’s very catchy. The Antoinette was a real ship which sank in 1895, though all the crew survived. The … Continue readingDave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich: The Wreck Of The Antoinette
Meg Baird: Don’t Weigh Down The Light
Title track of her 2015 album. Note the video credits her hair and make-up artist. A long way from Meg’s home-recorded discs with sister Laura.
Keith Emerson, the Hendrix of the keyboards
I NEVER had the good fortune to witness a live performance by the ultimate guitar showman, but I did get to see Jimi Hendrix’s keyboards counterpart in full flow. Keith … Continue readingKeith Emerson, the Hendrix of the keyboards
Blake Shelton: Ol’ Red
Heartwarming story of a dog, a bitch and a prisoner serving 99 years.
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Hello In There
A moving version of the classic John Prine song, taken from the album All The Good Times (Are Past And Gone). The first to be released under Welch and Rawlings’s … Continue readingGillian Welch and David Rawlings: Hello In There
No more brushes with foxes
FOR a change, I am going to write about something I have never seen in the seven years or so we have lived in Lancashire. Before this we were in … Continue readingNo more brushes with foxes
The Colorful Quiet: Fly Away
What a lovely, gentle song for a Sunday morning. The Colorful Quiet is Stephen Webster, from St Augustine, Florida and this is from his 2007 debut The Sun is Melting.
Pedro the Lion: Lullaby
Taken from their debut EP Whole, released in 1997, with David Bazan playing almost every instrument. A very pleasant song to fall asleep to.
Rosie Thomas: Two Dollar Shoes
From her 2001 debut album When We Were Small. And very nice too.