Voice of the outcast: an introduction to KEVIN COYNE
The history of rock is littered with the careers of singer-songwriters possessed of talents too big to be ignored but too distinct to be popular. Think of Nick Drake pre-car […]
Category Archives: Folk-rock
HARMONIUM – L’Heptade (1976) Scaling the emotional heights of art-rock
The history of progressive rock is literally littered with super-ambitious albums exploring well beyond the boundaries of the three- to four-minute pop song. Some of these albums fall well short […]
HORSLIPS – The Man Who Built America (1978) The new wave of Irish soul
Horslips is a band that once held a dominant place in the Irish music scene. And now, even today you still won’t find an Irish person who doesn’t know of […]
The grandiose late seventies heyday of the all-star CONCEPT ALBUM
The late seventies are remembered primarily as the time when music tastes (at least for the average music consumer) changed drastically, as the pomp of prog, the boogie woogie of […]
CENTRAL ASIAN FUSION – The modern meets the steppes
I’ve had a thing for Central Asia, which I’ve never visited, since I was a kid and my mother took me to the museum, where she said I could choose […]
A new road: the folk-rock trilogy of JETHRO TULL
Jethro Tull. The name is familiar to millions of rock fans, but the music is probably not as familiar as it should be (“Aqualung” excepted). We’re talking here about a […]
THE DAYFLOWERS – Streetcorner Sympathy (2013) Viewing the past through a dusty haze
Very few people who listen to music appreciate the value of pure sound. I don’t mean pretty melodies and exquisite harmonies — most of us enjoy those things. But then […]
CEDAR PARK – Way Back Home (2012) Classy Canuck pop
I am Canadian. That doesn’t mean a heck of a lot to me particularly, but I say it by way of introducing this Canadian rock album. Canada probably has as […]
GRANT MCLENNAN – In Your Bright Ray (1997) The best of Brisbane’s bard
It seems I say this all the time, but this is a very special post about an incredible musician who is no longer on this plane to share his wonderful […]
STEELEYE SPAN – Below the Salt (1972) The pinnacle of British electric folk
Time to delve into another of my passions. My parents weren’t so into rock music when I was a kid (well, Mom wasn’t), but they did have quite a lot […]
