Have you read The Rotters' Club? If so, you may believe Henry Cow to be thing of make believe. It was not. In all sorts of ways prog rock was not my thing; this album disproves the rule:
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Lest we forget: Henry Cow's In Praise of Learning
Have you read The Rotters' Club? If so, you may believe Henry Cow to be thing of make believe. It was not. In all sorts of ways prog rock was not my thing; this album disproves the rule:
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Phosphorescent
There's a new Phosphorescent session on Daytrotter here. if you don't know the band, you could also try this one from Aw Come Aw Aw Wry:
Or from their most recent effort, Pride:
Monday, March 10, 2008
Lest we forget: John Hiatt's Slow Turning
John Hiatt seems to have spent much of hid career under the radar. If there was one moment where he broke out, it was his greatest album Bring the Family. Try this:
However, the follow up was (as so often) ignored. A more southern affair was Slow Turning:
As a bonus, a later track:
Buy the artist's music here.
The race: Jeffrey Foucault, Chris LeDoux & Nathan Dalton
It keeps going. The Republicans are there, but the Democrats keep going.
The latest:
And to come:
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Covertime: Dylan & I'm Not There
With I'm Not There Dylan covers come to the fore once more. Whilst no-one sounds like Dylan, or does Dylan as good, there are still some great ones. We can all think of some from years ago, but here are a few, hopefully not all well known; starting with two from the movie soundtrack:A couple of others I am fond of:
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
The race, the end? Nanci Griffith, Damien Jurado, Jennifer O'Connor & the good Captain
It's almost time, a couple more for the biggies and a couple of old classics too.
Monday, March 3, 2008
J. Tillman
Good news. J. Tillman's Minor Works is now available on emusic DRM-free here. Something of a sleeper if ever there was one, but well worth the pursuit.
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