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Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Three years ago I was bequeathed a remarkable trove of reel to reel and cassette recordings of folk club gigs spanning 1963-66 (from St Andrews University folk club), 1971-75 (from a folk club in Kent), and 1977-89 from a folk club in Belfast. There are also various reels from folk festivals during that period and a number of reels of off-air BBC session recordings (folk, rock, blues etc) from the...
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westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Singer/ songwriter Max Meazza, leader of legendary mid seventes italian band PUEBLO returns with his brand new album "Race Against Destiny", 13 songs in the best rock blues and ballads‘ vein. Special guests includes ROB TOGNONI / TIM JONES /...
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Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
I was chatting to the local indie record store owner, who is always looking for interesting ways to display his wares and prompt the odd purchase. A lot of the punters are somewhat sheepish, impressionable youngsters clutching their first Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper, Stooges, Floyd etc album and it struck me that it might be worthwhile having a display showing 'How to buy' a particular genre, era or...
Explore : Blood on the Tracks,
Bob Dylan,
Bringing It All Back Home,
Carole King,
Cat Stevens,
Hard rock,
Joni Mitchell,
Led Zeppelin,
Leonard Cohen,
Music,
Neil Young,
Nick Drake,
Roy Harper,
Them,
Van Morrison
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thoughts of a longcat (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
ok... so it's been awhile since i last posted... i'm currently coasting over the top of an illness, E had it, i now have it... did i tell you about E? well, she's mine, we're together these days... i know that we're gonna be together you & me, for more than a rhyme or two you're time belongs to me... as john martyn says it... my more recent computer has died, it's the on switch, it's gone, i'm...
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Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Another Spotify playlist that's courtesy of David - Facial Fuzz. Yes, we're in the land of the beard, a 15-track mix of psych, rock and folk, all held together by facial hair. Well, mostly anyway. So if you fancy some...
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Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
THE GRAHAM COXON POWER ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE *** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
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blissblog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
more on beardswouldyabelieve it, another article on iconic beards that came out on exactly the same morning as minewho knew it was National Beard Month and/or (are they the same thing?) No Shave November?here (from a few years ago) a female pogonophobe perspectivematt on "the Shoreditch Moustache" ^^^^^^^^In the comments my old colleague Jonh Wilde had a funny story about his time at Sounds...
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The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Cat Malojian: Jonathan Toman, Rachel Toman, Steve Scullion Thanks to Jonathan Toman for the news that Cat Malojian will be playing at the Cobblestone, 77 King St., Smithfield, Dublin, on Saturday 21 November at 9.00 p.m., supported by Baz McSherry. The band's latest press release gives their bio: Cat Malojian are singer-songwriter Stevie Scullion along with multi-instrumentalist siblings Jonny and...
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Tape Noise Diary (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Golden Age of Infinite Music BBC News article by John Harris about how the web has broaden listeners tastes and choices. I had a long chat about music with the 16-year-old son of a friend, and my mind boggled. At virtually no cost, in precious little time and with zero embarrassment, he had become an expert on [...]
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The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I made an old-fashioned mix-cd today. it has a real nice autumnal mood (IMHO), tracklisting: 1. Jochen Distelmeyer - Regen 2. Big Star - Kanga roo 3. The Mountain Goats - Matthew 25:21 4. The Black Heart Procession - Wasteland 5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The rider song 6. Hush Arbors - Fast asleep 7. Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - Willamine 8. Grant-Lee Phillips - Buried treasure 9. Chuck...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
"Mr Joy", the opening song of this 1968 album by Norwegian vocalist Krog, still sounds startlingly contemporary, like a newwave folk-jazz project referencing Robert Wyatt and early John Martyn. It'sco-written by AnnettePeacock; Jan Garbarekplays tenor sax and ArildAnderson's dextrousdouble bass-pluckingrecalls Richard Davis'swork on Astral Weeks.Acouple of tracks, withKrog's voice distressedthrough...
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Beard (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
This week's Beard radio is now up to listen again. Featuring a mental prog double header, some crazy metalcore, rousing 70s theme tunes, womb-like dub-folk, digital anarcore and much more. Also, Stew skelps his head on the CD player. Madness you can't do without! Barry Gray Orchestra - Stingray (Cinephile) Oneohtrix Point Never - Computer Vision; Rifts (No Fun) Atari Teenage Riot - Start The Riot;...
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We love sheds (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I have signed up to the premium version of Spotfiy and its great when you get bored of Thrash Metal, they have all sorts on there, so thought I would… Post from: shedblog.co.uk - We love sheds The wonderful thing about @spotify is the sheds
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Techdirt (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
While we keep hearing record execs and politicians bemoaning the state of the recording industry, UK music critic John Harris has written up a great article at the BBC pointing out how wrong they are, and noting that this is the "golden age of infinite music." Indeed. This is exactly what we've been saying for years, though not as eloquently as Harris: Last weekend, by contrast, I had a long...
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