Ian Dury: Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3)
Who else could rhyme Hammersmith Palais with the Bolshoi Ballet?
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A Jackson Browne study: Part Two
IN the first part of the Jackson Browne story, we left our hero having completed his brilliant second album, For Everyman, living in the Los Angeles house where he grew up and contemplating … Continue readingA Jackson Browne study: Part Two
Frank Zappa: RDNZL
From the brilliant Helsinki concert of 1974, captured on You Can’t Do That etc Volume 2.
Neil Cowley Trio: Hug The Greyhound
Dig the bass player’s barnet.
Sibelius’s Karelia Suite
I DON’T find all of Sibelius’s work very accessible, but his early Karelia Suite is a delight, particularly, in my opinion, the first and third movements. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is widely recognised … Continue readingSibelius’s Karelia Suite
Keith Whitley: Miami, My Amy
A good example of the clever lyrics that helped make country music a dominant force in the Eighties. By the end of that decade the magnificently bemulleted Whitley had drunk … Continue readingKeith Whitley: Miami, My Amy
Maladjusted mallards
Notes from the sticks: Maladjusted mallards WE always have some mallards hanging around on our stream and on the bank, usually a pair or two, sometimes 20 or 30. Of course … Continue readingMaladjusted mallards
David McWilliams: The Days of Pearly Spencer
If you were a Radio Caroline fan, this record, written and performed by David McWilliams, will take you straight back to the autumn of 1967 when it seemed to be … Continue readingDavid McWilliams: The Days of Pearly Spencer
Lyle Lovett: Skinny Legs
Is this the worst haircut in history? Or the best?
Gregg Allman with Jackson Browne: Melissa
What a tribute to Allman, who died in 2017. The playing is beautiful. The song comes from Eat a Peach, which came out in 1972 four months after the death … Continue readingGregg Allman with Jackson Browne: Melissa