I have a heap of fantastic albums which I am listening to at the moment. They include: The Guillemots – Through the Windowpane Badly Drawn Boy – Born in the UK Duke Special – Songs from the Deep Forest Tracy Thorn – Out of the Wood Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet Rush … Read more
‘Paris Transatlantic’ is an online magazine. I originally found it and posted a link to it a couple of years ago, on an earlier weblog. If you are interested in new music, contemporary, electronica and jazz it is well worth a visit. It would appeal to anyone who wants to explore sounds and names that … Read more
It’s been a while since I did one of these – a list of the albums I am listening to at the moment. (Earlier ones are here and here). The music which is forming the soundtrack for my life at the moment is: 1. Nine Horses – Money for all I bought the original album … Read more
I have been following the work of Mark Rushton for a couple of years now. He used to run a website called ‘Hooray for Vouvray’ and then migrated all of his activities to his own domain. As well as creating ambient and drone music, he is also a painter. He produces a new podcast every … Read more
I have an idea for an article which I am going to write. The title is “Being overwhelmed with musical choice – the importance of scarcity” and it will be about the dilemma created by the digital age. Thanks to the internet and digital files, there is more choice than we have ever experienced. This … Read more
Here are a few albums which I just can’t stop playing at the moment: 1. Mark Hollis – Mark Hollis I have been looking for this album for years. It is the only solo album to date, by the singer from Talk Talk. The later albums by Talk Talk before they split up took them … Read more
I wrote about the second album by Liverpool band ‘The Open’ recently. They have produced two beautiful albums, and I was settling in to wait for great albums to come, but that has fallen away now. Why? Because I have just read in the official forum that they have decided to split. That’s such a … Read more
…two months pass. And then… a short posting. As if nothing had happened! And the transmissions begin again, from here. Listening to Robert Fripp, and wondering whether the deep and mysterious messages which are so elusive in Gurdjieff’s work are the reason that the ‘work’ is so resonant, so meaningful and so prolific.
The Friday playlist: The Open – Statues The Liverpool band’s second album begins with a track recorded in deepest Wales – yearning trumpet and a voice that comes from god knows where. This is a classic track called ‘forever’ which is one of the best album openers I have heard in ages. The second track … Read more
Sid Smith’s Postcards From The Yellow Room: Climate Of Hunter by Scott Walker The latest post on Sid Smith’s marvellous blog is a review of Scott Walker’s album ‘Climate of Hunter’. When Sid likes something he has a way of writing about it which draws you into it, and makes you want to go out … Read more