There has just been an intense (and occasionally off-the-wall…) discussion of this wonderful song on the Van Morrison News Blog FB page. As my contribution, here’s the section from my book Saint Dominic’s Flashback that looks at the song: 5. Saint Dominic’s Preview […]
Thanks to Expecting Rain for linking to this fine new track from Steve Earle, ‘Calico County’ – with news of an album to follow in April called The Low Highway. It’s an infectious, driving, slogger of a song, with fine guitars – Chris Masterson, […]
It’s traditional, after all the lists have been listed and the compilations compiled, that you catch up with another contender… This year it is Peter Buck, the first solo album from the former REM guitarist, which slipped out with little fanfare in […]
It was a year in which a lot of old campaigners gave a good account of themselves. In addition to those listed below, the likes of Van Morrison, John Cale, Dexys, Dr John, Kris Kristofferson and (at least in parts) Bob Dylan all made decent records with […]
Another good and varied year for live music, with some excellent new discoveries and some old timers on fine form. I find I went to fewer gigs than last year – 16 this time, plus seeing 21 acts at The […]
I’m currently working my way through Neil Young’s memoir, Waging Heavy Peace. It’s nearly 500 pages long, all over the place chronologically and thematically, mixing the tedious with the inspired and inspiring… So he’s not risking any law suits for making books that […]
Montgomery Chapel, San Anselmo. The doors look familiar, don’t they? Forty years ago Van Morrison posed on the steps with an acoustic guitar and a ripped pair of jeans and Michael Maggid’s iconic photograph became the front cover of Saint […]
I’m currently on the road, working, with not much time for focused writing. Catching up withnew releases from some of the old (not always) faithfuls and pondering fuller reviews… I’ve already made some sceptical comments about Bob Dylan‘s Tempest, but I haven’t […]
10 October 2012 The best of Peter Case’s songs suck you in to their own little worlds so deftly that you shiver with the final chord, like shaking awake from a dream. You’ve been there, inside, seeing what he’s been […]
The Windmill, Brixton, UK 19 September 2012 ‘Chuck thinks that if something doesn’t sound right you should stomp on a distortion pedal and make it ten times louder,’ explains Wussy‘s Lisa Walker. ‘Sometimes it works…’ is the response from her partner […]
