She’s sadly under the radar in Sweden. She’s been singing Cohen, Dylan and Waits translated to Swedish. But what I’m really hoping for is a new album of her own songs. It’s been eight years.

Lennon had big hits with both Fame (also Bowie´s first American number one) and Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Lennon´s first American solo number one). Both terrible songs, to my ears. And I say this as a f […]

Grateful Dead three comments (four now), Jethro Tull 38 comments. Something is rotten in the state of The Afterword.

Really enjoyed this chat! She reminds me of Sweden’s own Anna Ternheim. Their voices are weirdly similar.

My wife is non-binary, and so is my husband. I’ll get my coat.

I’m looking forward to this. He’s been open in interviews about most things, but I’m sure there’s more to tell.

Meanwhile, Bob’s got a question.

I recently saw them live in Gothenburg, Sweden. They made quite an impression.

Oh, and the rather lovely Breakaway.

Good Vibrations was supposed to end up on Smile but had to make do with Smiley Smile, at least until Smile was finished. See also Heroes And Villains.

The Little Girl I Once Knew, however. Proper stand alone.

This is my favourite of the bunch, I think.

How sweet to be a copycat.

Recently read the new, great Nick Lowe bio Cruel To Be Kind. He talks about reaching a point in the mid eighties when the hits had dried up. He dreads the idea of a seemingly endless […]

Not a single song from the new album? That’s a bit sad, even if they undoubtedly did peake quite a while back.

I only wear The Beatles t-shirts if I bought them in Liverpool, which I did, all 28 of them.

Same with band t shirts, especially heavy metal.

He was quite a character, to say the least. Once again I’d like to recommend the Beware Of Mr Baker doc, if anyone has missed it.

Bless him, despite everything.