Check out Rick Rubin’s interview with Johnny Echols about the making of Forever Changes

Listening to this in my garden in Hertfordshire with a red kite flying overhead (to be fair they do most days)
Really lovely – puts me in mind of the some of the music released on the excellent Clay Pipe label. A […]

I find this song title quietly devastating ( the sound of someone going away and it doesn’t matter) and the music fits it perfectly

I rather enjoyed the Voices album back in the day. Agree with the general view that his work with Jon Anderson was preferable to his solo stuff

I don’t know anything about relative merits of Singapore unis v the UK but can report that my daughter has just finished a 3yr course in Zoology (a branch of the Biology degree) at Sheffield. Yes the Covid p […]

I’m no big fan of rap – can’t relate or understand much of what is being said. However this latest one from Kendrick is superb (even I can hear the words). Can’t wait to tell my daughter who will be appal […]

I thought I’d posted on this thread but clearly or rather not clearly my marbles seem a tad lost . Anyway this is indeed a surprisingly good album – definite contender for the end of year poll. Has a similar f […]

I feel I have enough Talk Talk products so probs I won’t get this. The transformation of this band over a relative few albums is unrivalled in terms of how much the sound and direction changed. I’m no real fan of […]

I played this all the way through the other day in celebration of the 50th anniversary. Still sounds terrific – yeah the lyrics are a bit twee but so what. I think it’s the greatest rock guitar album ever. S […]

I have to agree – I find he’s a bit like Joanna Newson ( let me finish!) in that on paper it sounds right up my street but I find both of them unlistenable.

Dave is right it is and I’m very surprised by that tbh.

We already have the winner. Playing this song or listening to with any kind of pleasure should be a criminal offence

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Wichita Lineman is my default go to favourite song whenever I’m asked. A couple of years ago I entered a songwriting competition and wrote and recorded t […]

A forgotten gem in the early years of Mott is the album ‘Wildlife’ which is country rock in style with some cracking songs. The final lengthy live track is dreadful but skip that one and you have a really good […]

What a voice – has that Steve Winwood soulful quality albeit somewhat gruffer. The album ‘A Salty Dog’ is probably their best and the title track arguable their finest moment

Love this band and just enjoying the new album. Amy Boones voice is sensational and the arrangements spot on. Going to the Union Chapel gig with @Twang.

Hated NYE when I was a lad – high on expectation but short on delivery was how I remember it. Now that I don’t give a shit I can almost enjoy it. We will be spending it with the same small group of friends as p […]

I would propose that Incantations is included in that fine run of albums. Listening to it now it’s much better than I thought at the time.

Managed 3 all within a few weeks of each other in Oct/Nov:
Matthew Halsall at the Barbican – sublime

China Crisis at The Horn in St Albans – tiny little non ventilated room that was crammed. I did think what the […]

Yeah I’m also in the ‘like Robber but the rest is disappointing’’ camp. Expected it to make my top albums of the year but found I’ve hardly played it after the first few goes.