Yep, agreed – if it’s good enough for John Prine & The Secret Sisters, it’s good enough for me!

@henpetsgi There’s a spirited version of this here (starts at 6.35, music at 8.20): The anti-Trump lyrics are here:

A few weeks ago I bought the Book & CD version of “Windblown” by Karine Polwart and Pippa Murphy from Hudson Records in Sheffield. The book, the music and the tale they tell are absolutely lovely. Enthused, I […]

I can’t see that anyone has mentioned Joni Mitchell’s “Shadows and Light”. Someone should! I saw Pete Oxley’s band “Hejira” last night – they base their set on that album, which is ambitious but they pull it […]

Actually, come to think of it, I have another one which is a favourite: The whole concert is on YouTube. He was more than a Monkee (although, for me, being a Monkee was exemplary) and this double set shows him […]

@Twang The album is available to listen to on Spotify and YouTube and can be bought for £7.80 on MusicMagpie. Buy it now! You won’t regret it. In the actual CD booklet Lindley is credited with playing: Hawaiian […]

For me, it’s this one: Wonderful set, sadly not available on vinyl.

In a folky mood . . .

I saw these chaps many, many years ago, dancing around the mic at the Musician pub in Leicester. They were superb (and, in true Afterword style, I still have the poster that I took off the wall and which they signed!):

I bought it for this:

“Is Pete Townshend some sort of visionary . . . did he really envision the Internet, Virtual Reality and streaming platforms, or is it just a coincidence?” Well, maybe he’d read E.M. Forster’s “The Machine […]