The Canterbury scene spawned Soft Machine, Gong (and itinerant Australian Daevid Allen), Hatfield And The North, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Egg, National Health and Caravan. Some members of these bands had been in The Wilde Flowers and that band evolved into the Caravan we know and love. In fact who was in what band may have […]
Richard Coughlan the drummer from Art Rock band Caravan passed away on December 1st. As a tribute to him the Video Of The Day today is Winter Wine from their 1971 album, In The Land Of Grey And Pink. This colourful performance is from the German TV Show Beat Club. I saw Caravan live in Liverpool […]
As December arrives and the nights become bitterly cold, this 200 year old house fulfils its purpose as if it wants to keep you warm inside its walls, like a mother. The late snow is slowly moving towards us, a great enveloping army of white fingers stretching out blind, unsure of its own purpose – […]