Excellent. Enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

When I was at school, I ‘played’ the clarinet.

Let me assure you that no piece that I ever played was “shockingly good”.

In the same sort of ballpark as “Starvation” was “The Wind of Change” by Robert Wyatt & the SWAPO Singers. amazingly, I actually bought this single…

Great piece. Thanks for posting.

We’ll never get Adrian Gill back, but maybe, one day, we’ll get our European family back.

In Sweden, compulsory to use helmets for young people up to the age of 15. Anyone older than that has the choice.

This is something rather lovely that I’ve come across very recently.

It’s Buck Curran’s tribute to Peter Green, entitled “Taurus” from the 2018 album Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas.

Ricotta Get Out of This Place

Bad Livarot and a Broken Heart

Tigger – you could spotify – or just take a punt on…

“Capitalist Blues” by Leyla McCalla (released 25 Jan 2019),

or

“Humility – The Vibes of Jah Gumby” by Jah Gumby (released 18 Jan 2019).

They’re a […]

“Not a duff track as I recall”

Erm … what about “Closed Groove”? Most assuredly duff!

Saw SLF just the once. Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, March 1980.
They were great, of course.

I liked the fact that they called their live album “Hanx”, because that was how they pronounced “Thanks”. Good stuff!

Oh […]

Yeah, Monk was the master in the headwear department.

This is one of my favourites….

Yeah, and the actor they got to play David Hepworth interviewing Geldof at Live Aid didn’t look anything like the Amazing Heppo.
They clearly thought that it wasn’t as important as finding a guy who looks JUST […]

If you take a punt on Matthew Halsall, it’s a racing certainty that it’ll be a good punt!
He has been the cornerstone of the great Gondwana Records for the past 10 years, as a musician, composer, producer, […]

Re: “Adam Raised a Cain”

The version on the 1975-86 Live Box is particularly shouty, I find.

Yes, we could’ve done with a live commentator to fill us in on what we were missing (“And here comes Soozie Tyrell to take a violin solo – outstanding play!”).

Yeah – that “Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band Live in Dublin” DVD is an absolute cracker. It’s just a really joyful show. Great band – and a great audience, too, who are clearly really into it. I […]

And as one of the Afterword’s resident Deadheads, I can’t help feeling that this thread is missing a certain guitarist who occasionally went by the name of Captain Trips…

Leo Kottke and John Fahey? Oh yes. LOVE the American Primitive school.
So lets have a shout-out to their campadres …

Sandy Bull
Peter Walker (not the former Tory politician)
Robbie Basho

… as well as […]

I’d like to mention some African guitarists whose work I love:

Barthélémy Attisso (Orchestra Baobab) – Togo/Senegal
Djelimady Tounkara (Super Rail Band) – Mali
John Chibadura – Zimbabwe
Diblo Dibala – DR Congo