John Cale, co-founder of The Velvet Underground, Welshman, songwriter, singer, producer and multi instrumentalist, playing viola, cello, guitar, bass and piano. Cale has also been extremely prolific making more than 30 albums and in later years he has been working on soundtracks and ballet. I saw him live twice, both times in Sydney, once solo in […]
Having been a founder member of Fairport Convention in 1967, now 40 albums later, it’s hard to keep up with Richard Thompson’s prolific output and his constant reinventing of himself. This is him live solo acoustic at a Joni Mitchell tribute concert from 2001 with Joni in the audience, eyes closed tapping into his magic […]
It’s hard to know where to start with Richard Thompson if you don’t know him – it’s hard if you do because then you know – how deep is the furrow he ploughs – (not a folk reference) just that he has made around 40 albums. For a musician who is known for his traditional […]