Shove over and I’ll bring some crisps.

For me it varies from gig to gig. In general I would rather sit down to hear intricate music – singer-songwriter, folk or folk-rock, most every kind of jazz, for sure, and that’s the vast majority of what I go to […]

That’s certainly (one of) the finest of their live recordings, but for me, if I only had time to shove one Feat album under my arm as I escaped the conflagration, it would be the compo Hoy-Hoy!

Absolutely the finest, gold-standard review of pretty much the entire Little Feat mythology. My favourite band of all time bar none, you’ve bottled my love for them and put it on the page here. I got the dispatch […]

Buy it now, before NastyNige and the OrangeOne have it banned.

It’s a magnificent thing – if you have any interest in British Jazz, and you can find £65 to invest, I’d urge you to do so. You’ll need a huge bookshelf if you want to keep it upright – it’s a monster! The only […]

@Twang – which one are you using?

*reels in horror at your remarks about Dire Straits* *considers Christmas Card list* *removes Gardener*

Surprised there’s no mention of Kyung Wha Chung here – her Walton/Stravinski with the LSO and Previn on Decca was the first classical LP I ever bought. I’d had to rely upon my dad’s LP purchases for years – always […]

Sob, no takers. I hope someone up at the back spotted the two empty seats down the front and nabbed ’em.

Janine Jansen for the Brahms, anyone? I love that fiery take with the LSO. The B VC in D fairly rocks, and she really gives it the beans.

What’s next? The Mozzarella Murders maybe, or The Aubergine Anathema?

@retropath2 Almost certainly an investment will be made there – we have two good tickets for this extravaganza in a month or two’s time: I’ll be looking to plunder the merch table that night! Get yourself to […]

My dog-walking route, yesterday.

Hope you put itching powder in the envelope.

Does it come with an Allen key?

@retropath2 The girls have it right now, don’t they just. Check out Cerys Hafana for more evidence – she turned up in KFD’s recent foreign tongues megathread, and we went to hear her play just over a week […]

@NigelT – nope. 😉 It concerns the subject of one of her songs.