May Netaudio Revue
Another month, another one or two roundups. But man, my listening life just keeps getting better and better. I just wade through heaps of goodness each month. This month we […]
Category Archives: Singer-songwriter
THE MUTTON BIRDS – The uncrowned Kiwi emperors of pop
I’m anxiously awaiting a couple of new releases by some favourite bands here in Spring 2014, but as I do so, let me introduce you to another favourite and one […]
Ten overlooked singer-songwriter albums
How many of us have slapped our name on a CD of our songs and hoped that the world would be entranced by our lovely voice, our delightful acoustic picking, […]
The enigma of (Nick) Drake
Popular music history is scattered with the ruins of careers that never quite took off, mouldering old LP sleeves found in attics, albums recorded by people who no doubt thought […]
A personal reflection on LOU REED
Today Lou Reed died, and I’m sure the media will soon be packed with verbose tributes to his long, varied and highly influential career. So what one little blogger might […]
15 Essential Australian rock and folk albums!
I’ve been a devotee of Australian rock ‘n roll for a long time, ever since I picked up my first Midnight Oil and Church albums in my teens. There are […]
Concert Review! The Waterboys in Toronto, September 18, 2013
Scotsman Mike Scott’s puckish comet of a persona has blazed a trail of unabashedly romantic, mystical and ambitious Celtic rock ‘n roll wit and wisdom across the musical sky for […]
10 Essential post-1990 British folk-rock albums
And now for the third of my little set of recommendations for the best of British folk-rock. The first one covered the seventies, the second the eighties. The third covers […]
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 […]
THE WATERBOYS – A rock in the weary land (2000) Establishing Mike Scott’s mystical empire of riffs
Mike Scott is one of rock’s most endearingly adventurous figures as well as one of its most talented. Over a long career starting in the early eighties he has constantly […]
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