Planxty: Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Planxty were really pretty good. This is a live clip from 1973.
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Meet Ms Motivator
FOR sheer brass neck, few can hold a candle to the disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya. She, you might recall, served a jail sentence for perverting the course of … Continue readingMeet Ms Motivator
Rock of Ages
AN Anglican clergyman was travelling through a gorge in the Mendip Hills when he was caught in a storm. Finding refuge in a rocky fissure, he did the obvious thing … Continue readingRock of Ages
Rainer Ptacek: One Man Crusade
Not one of my very favourite artists (he reminds me a bit too much of other chaps) but no slouch with the guitar and a loss to the world. RIP.
Bob Dylan: My Back Pages
I am not Dylan’s greatest fan, though I did queue for nine hours to get tickets for a concert at Earl’s Court in 1978. My seat was so far back … Continue readingBob Dylan: My Back Pages
Jackson Browne/David Lindley: Long Distance Love
One of the great songs (written by Lowell George for Little Feat’s The Last Record Album). One of the great singers. And one of the great guitarists. How could it … Continue readingJackson Browne/David Lindley: Long Distance Love
Well-done Beefheart
CAPTAIN Beefheart once sang: ‘I may be hungry but I sure ain’t weird.’ The rest of the world might beg to differ. The cap’n, also known as Don Van Vliet, … Continue readingWell-done Beefheart
Daddy A Go Go: I Think I Might Be A Dog
I think you might just be right, pal.
The Be Good Tanyas: Waiting Around To Die
I’ve just been listening to Frazey Ford’s third album and I’m afraid that like another former Tanya, Jolie Holland, she has descended into self-parody. So here’s a reminder of when … Continue readingThe Be Good Tanyas: Waiting Around To Die
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor
WOLFGANG Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote 23 piano concertos, only two of which were in minor keys (which tend to sound less cheerful). This is the first, K466, written in 1785. The … Continue readingMozart’s Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor