This selection may well be a little controversial. I am happy to live with the consequences! Morris On has an unimpeachable pedigree when it comes to the British folk rock scene boasting Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Barry Dransfield, Dave Mattacks amongst others. It was another project that bore all the marks of Hutchings - an… Continue reading 50 Albums: Session #40
This is a surprisingly tricky group. On the face of it, there are no really standout albums. There are a few that are pretty big, but nothing like, for instance, Blood on the Tracks from the last session. But there are few albums that are contenders for falling out. I think there might end up… Continue reading 50 Albums: Session #32
Proof, if it were needed, that these selections are randomised - two Aretha albums in one group. I can't but think that that just isn't fair. Aside from that, I think this a tough group - there are no bad albums here. There are better and worse, of course, but there are none that I… Continue reading 50 Albums: Session #20
Thankfully, I think that this is a simpler group. There's one album that is a 100% shoo-in (Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved a Man), which is a cast-iron classic by anyone's estimation, and there are one or two others that are pretty safe. Beyond that, though, there are a several albums that are unlikely to… Continue reading 50 Albums: Session #19
A while ago, a friend suggested a silly game on Facebook – I don’t know how it came to him – to name a favourite film for every year since you were born. It was fun and silly and wasted a good amount of time and spawned a good amount of discussion. Given how much… Continue reading Ten ‘Best’ Albums from 1970
Eleanor Rigby is not the most covered song by The Beatles, but it is up there. Whosampled identifies over 130 covers of the song. It could be argued that it is a difficult song to cover well. So much of what makes it great is the string arrangement from George Martin, not only the affecting… Continue reading Ten (Mostly Soul) Covers of Eleanor Rigby
I wrote this a few years back. No doubt there'd be some changes. Still interesting as a marker... Mandi on Facebook challenged me to knock up a list of my Top 40 songs. Since we all like a list, I figured I'd share it here too... Not my most considered list, but such a list… Continue reading My Top 40 Songs
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