Music today has been a great playlist of crazy progressive acts but one that stood out (apart from all of them) was Brainticket and their debut album Cottonwoodhill (1971). This from Wikipedia: “Brainticket is an experimental European band most active in the early 1970s, and known for its use of exotic instruments and jazz-inspired compositions. […]
Music today has been Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die (1970). It seems to cross genres and eras so naturally. Originally it was to be a Steve Winwood solo album but turned into a Traffic reunion album without original guitarist Dave Mason. Lots of organ and piano from Steve Winwood as well as guitar, Winwood’s voice, […]
Music today has been one of those great post-Pet Sounds albums, Wild Honey (1967), that few bought in the period when The Beach Boys were neither hip, cool, young enough, cute enough or accessible enough but were still writing great songs with incredible vocal arrangements and groundbreaking production. There were still sporadic hits but the […]
Music today has been the first Dire Straits album (1978), such a mature record for a debut. How could all these unknown people play so well, have their own sound and be so accomplished? Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM […]
Music today has been Nicklas’s playlist in the car and one of the stand-out artists was Mia Doi Todd. She’s an American singer, she’s made eleven albums and I’m not quite sure what kind of music it is. Her latest album is called Music Life (2021). Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this […]
Music today has been Bare Bone Nest, 22-Pistepirkko’s third album from 1989. I saw them live twice, both times in Sweden. Once in the smallest club in the world and once on the main stage at a massive festival, they were great both times. They’re hard to describe, they make a unique sound whilst being […]