2024: A Year in Music
26 Thursday Dec 2024
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2020: A Year in Music
21 Monday Dec 2020
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A Year in Music, Absolute Beginners, Angel Olsen, Blonde On the Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Gentry, Brighton, Change, Charley Pride, David Bowie, David Roback, Delta Sweete, Dirk Timmerman, Emma Swift, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple, Ghost Highway, Hallucinogenics, L.A. Witch, Lana Del Rey, Lissie, Little Bastards, Madonna, Madonna: The Day I Was There, Matt Maeson, Mazzy Star, Play With Fire, Stargazing, The Kills, The Neighbourhood, Whole New Mess
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For music lovers, this was the year the stage went dark, and we sought comfort in our record collections. Then in April 2020, with the world in lockdown, Fiona Apple surprised us with Fetch the Bolt Cutters, her first album in eight years and perhaps, the wake-up call we all needed. Continue reading
Violets, Flamingos and Heroes in Autumn
09 Friday Oct 2020
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Brighton, Christine Keeler, David Bowie, Dreadzone, Emily Capell, Flamingo, Flamingo Club, Geoff McCormack, Lana Del Rey, Mercy for Christine, NHS Heroes, Rosie the Riveter, Roxana Halls, Seymour Platt, The Skatalites, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
On New Year’s Eve, I wrote here of my fears over where the world is heading. Little did I know that only a few weeks later we would be facing up to a pandemic. 2020 has been a strange, lonesome year for many of us. Continue reading
2018: A Year in Music
17 Monday Dec 2018
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A Year in Music, All Nerve, Amy Winehouse, Back to Amy, Back to Black, Beautiful Game, Blake Wood, Bobbie Gentry, Cat Power, Charles Moriarty, Chris Wade, Comeback Kid, David Bowie, Fado, Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, Lissie, Madonna, Madonna in the Eighties, Mariners Apartment Complex, Matthew Rettenmund, Mazzy Star, Mercury Rev, MLVC60, My Wild West, Nico, Nico 1988, Norman Fucking Rockwell, Piano & A Microphone 1983, Portugal, Prince, Quentin Harrison, Record Redux: Madonna, Record Store Day, Sharon Van Etten, The Breeders, The Girl From Chickasaw County, Wanderer, Woman
She may have left the stage decades ago, but 2018 was a vintage year for die-hard fans of the mysterious Bobbie Gentry, with a rare vinyl release on Record Store Day followed in September by a career-spanning CD box-set, The Girl From Chickasaw County. Continue reading
2016: A Year In Music
19 Monday Dec 2016
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A Year in Music, Blackstar, Coldcut, David Bowie, Hope Sandoval, Ladies and Gentlemen...The Bangles!, Leonard Cohen, Massive Attack, Only Heaven, Prince, Roots Manuva, Roses Gabor, The Bangles, The Spoils, Tricky, Until the Hunter
2016 has been a year marked by loss: David Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen, to name but three giants who have left the stage. Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, spoke directly to our troubled times. Continue reading
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