An occasional feature showcasing music by little-known artists who (generally) only put out one or two albums. “A balmy Saturday night. Lights melt by the car windows as we drive through the dusk. We get a table and a couple of beers. The band soon arrives and tunes their instruments. Behind the stage is a large…
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Percussive Pineapples and Neglected Peaches
“Summer is rotting in a haze like a neglected peach”, wrote the author Neil Gaiman in the introduction to a Tori Amos tour book. And the end of summer is like that. Plants are tired, browning, drying up. Their last gasps of energy going towards production of fruit and seeds. The birds and bees are…
When Bad Album Covers Happen to Good Albums (Part 2)
And the journey continues on from Part 1….. Pity poor John Martyn. He went into the studio in the early 90s to re-record some of the best songs from his career for a new album. Not satisfied with the results, he went back in the studio to give it another go. Meanwhile, his record label…
When Bad Album Covers Happen to Good Albums (Part 1)
Sure, finding bad album covers is easy to do – whole books and websites have been devoted to the failed and unintentionally humorous in album cover art. Yet, usually in those examples the music is just as bad as the cover. What’s more interesting to me is when bad album covers happen to good albums….
The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax
High on my list of enjoyable things to do (if I had such a list…hmmm…maybe I should make one…) is poking through used record stores. You never know when you’ll find that one album you’ve been looking for, or one you’ve only read about, or just be intrigued by the cover art of a previously…
Surprises in the Mainstream
Recently I’ve been listening to a fair amount of what some might call “middle of the road” pop – thanks to my local public libraries. In so doing, I’ve come across some surprises in the mainstream: some unexpected songs nestled among the familiar and the safe. Two in particular – “Happy Together (A Fantasy)” by…
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