Indeed, that’s what I said to my wife after last night at Cadogan Hall – I would really have liked to have heard The Aviator’ Song.
Splendid evening.

Lorraine has had a few outings – most famously with Bad Manners

Slightly more obscurely there was a song to her from Explainer

My favourite to her is Linton Kwesi Johnson’s

Alessi got a bit familiar, just […]

Given the marital strife, he found consolation in the arms of Scarlett Rivera.

Any progress getting this sorted out, @SteveT, or did you follow the Baron’s sage advice?

I didn’t see this, so can’t fully attest to its veracity, but I think it is true.
When still at school I was told that Roy Harper played a gig in Liverpool (this would have been in support of Lifemask, so it […]

Steve, can I suggest you call the Apple help line?

I’ve used them on a number of occasions and have found that they are that rarity among customer service providers – people who know what they are talking about […]

Thanks for those links Kaisfatdad.

I heard of this event in this interview earlier in the week:

BBC Front Row – Gavin Bryars and others talk about “Never Failed..”.

I have been extremely remiss in my reviews.
Apologies to all concerned. I will get them posted as soon as I can.

I never understood the praise heaped on The Civil Wars. Their songs seemed pleasant enough, but on the whole ordinary and unexceptional.

I despise the whole contrived process. Leave a crowd favourite out of the set, so you get called back. It’s an utter nonsense and an inessential one at that. It’s no gauge of how well the artist/band has […]

That was a rivalry dreamt up by the media.
They rarely competed directly against each other and even when they did they were on quite friendly terms, according to Seb.

Roy Harper offers plenty of choice. I’ve elected to go for One Of those Days In England (parts II – X)

I didn’t realise you were a SAMCRO fan Twang.
We should talk about it next time we meet.
Also the recent Mayans M.C.

Today’s choice is Natalie Merchant, surprisingly unchosen:

Let’s shout out for Eileen Rose, who seems to have gone quiet in recent years – ever since she moved back to the USA.

There are a fair few more Canadian singers who have to be included – Sarah McLachlan

and Kathleen Edwards are two of them

Here’s Rosanne Cash with Etta’s Tune from her peerless The River And The Thread album.

The omission of Last Exit is strange. The SDE site refers to it as a collection of “odds ‘n sods”, but I recall it being released as a Traffic album proper, albeit in the wake of a split. It has some decent stuff […]

My friends and I loved Whirlybirds too.
There was also Seahunt featuring Lloyd Bridges (father of Jeff and Beau) as Mike Nelson. It often featured a Bell helicopter with floats so that Mike Nelson and any […]