After leaving Fairport Convention in 1971, Richard Thompson released his first solo album Henry The Human Fly to negative reviews. The next five albums saw Thompson perform as a duo with singer and wife to be Linda Peters credited as Richard And Linda Thompson. Their last album together, Shoot Out The Lights, preceded a break up […]
The Unknown Soldier was Roy Harper’s tenth and last studio album for Harvest Records. Released in 1980, You was co-written with old friend Dave Gilmour and featured a duet with Kate Bush. Although Kate Bush was enjoying enormous success at the time, this amazing track seems to be off most Kate Bush fans’ radar (three […]
As Jazz lovers struggle with Rock and vice versa, Mose Allison managed to stay out of the genre wars by inventing his own style that incorporated Jazz and Blues with real songs, virtuoso playing, meaningful lyrics, memorable melodies, humour, seriousness – Allison had it all covered. When The Who released Live At Leeds they included […]
Two bands from Northern Ireland that made lasting impressions. Originating in the Punk scene, Stiff Little Fingers were from Belfast, formerly a Deep Purple covers band called Highway Star, till they discovered Punk Rock and forming as Stiff Little Fingers in 1977. They sang about “The Troubles” and were an edgy, growling powerful four piece. […]
When I think of strong women with captivating voices, I think of Chrissie Hynde. There’s been earlier posts about the great early singles from the first album, but I also loved Talk Of The Town from Pretenders ll. I loved the stops in the song and James Honeyman-Scott always had that sparkling guitar sound so […]
There’s been a lot of heartfelt tributes since David Bowie’s unexpected death in January and most recently some high profile performances on the television, initiating mixed reactions to their relevance and quality. In 1980 as Bowie was releasing Scary Monsters, Nina Hagen was appearing on Swedish television with a memorable tribute of her own. It’s unclear […]