Sufjan Stevens: The Undivided Self
Listening to this on the iPod shuffle function in the dark, I thought it was Robert Wyatt. From The Avalanche, a 2006 set of tracks that failed to make the … Continue readingSufjan Stevens: The Undivided Self
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The Easter Sunday Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
AS with my articles on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, I can’t do better than repeat what I wrote for Easter Sunday last year. THERE can be no greater example of bitter anguish turning into … Continue readingThe Easter Sunday Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Elvis Presley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
The King in his glorious youth. This was written by by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe for the soundtrack of his second film, Loving You (1957). It reached No 1 in America … Continue readingElvis Presley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Pentangle: Willie o’ Winsbury
Great stuff from ’72.
Oh no, it’s duckling time
THIS week we saw the year’s first brood of mallard ducklings on the stream at the back of our house on their way to the Ribble about half a mile … Continue readingOh no, it’s duckling time
The Searchers: Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
This was written by Sharon McMahan and first released by Barbara Lewis in April 1964, reaching No 34 in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmEU1DDb_4 The Searchers covered it in July … Continue readingThe Searchers: Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
Bob Dylan: Visions of Johanna
Just stumbled on this gem. No idea where it was recorded; presume it was some time in the Nineties.
The Good Friday Hymn: Man of Sorrows, What a Name
AS with the Palm Sunday hymn, I don’t think I can do better than repeat what I wrote last year about the terrible events of Good Friday. Faced with religious elders and a … Continue readingThe Good Friday Hymn: Man of Sorrows, What a Name
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Steal Softly Thru Snow, Click Clack, Golden Birdies
A wonderful find from 1972.
Otis Redding: Pain in My Heart
This was written by Allen Toussaint under the name Naomi Neville and was released in 1963, reaching No 61 in America. It became the title track of Redding’s debut album in … Continue readingOtis Redding: Pain in My Heart