Free: All Right Now
The missus has already featured this great song but here’s a great live version I’ve just come across. Hard to believe that Paul Rodgers was only 21 at the time.
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Innocence Mission: That Was Another Country
As the years go by I love this band more and more. This is from their brilliant 1995 album Glow.
Bowled over by Charlie Griffith
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Bob Dylan: Queen Jane Approximately
Unlike the band, His Bobness eschews the mask for this lovely lockdown version of the song from Highway 61 Revisited.
Them: Here Comes the Night
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Warren Zevon: For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Volunteer
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June Tabor with Martin Simpson: Heather Down The Moor
More lovely stuff from the early June Tabor catalogue. Nice illustrations too.
For whom the egg rolls
THE weather forecast looks propitious so Pendle Hill should be swarming this morning with children either rolling eggs or looking for them. For centuries there has been an Easter tradition … Continue readingFor whom the egg rolls
Silly Sisters: Geordie
Vocals from a young, still unpretentious June Tabor and percussive guitar from Martin Carthy. And a story to bring tears to your eyes. .