Music today has been UFO‘s No Heavy Petting because it’s just got a reissue with extra tracks and for all the dodgy issues with these NWOBHM records that the indie intellectuals like to expose, I like a bit of dry-as-a-bone seventies Schenker guitar. The title with its Hipgnosis cover, comes from a sign in the […]
Music today was Robert Wyatt’s Greatest Misses (2004/2020). Originally only available in Japan on CD in 2004, Domino finally released it on vinyl in 2020. I love Robert Wyatt, I couldn’t leave this album behind, thanks to Andy and George at Rough Trade NYC for having it. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in […]
Music today has been Estonian composer Arvo Pärt‘s Fratres (from Tabula Rasa), turned into a ballet (Liturgy) by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM NOW, featured on my main website. Read the […]
Music today has been Henry Cow’s Unrest (1974), experimental, progressive, a bit jazzy and odd, what more could you want as a contrast to Neil Diamond, enjoying both in the context of their separate skills. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I […]
Music today has been that classic record from Crosby, If I Only Could Remember My Name (1971). What? You don’t have it? Whilst listening and buying The Stones, The Beatles, Dylan, Mayall, Hunter, and Mott the Hoople, get that one too. Then start on the artists you have never heard of – while they are […]
Music today has been ZZ Top‘s Tejas, of course as a musical mainstream going-away present. I did find out that “Tejas” means friends in the dying Native American language Caddo, the origin of the name Texas. In 1997, there were just 25 speakers of the language. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this […]