More music available than you can shake a stick at. Here's what I've been listening to....
August 2020
T-Bone Walker "Complete Imperial Recording"
January 2015
Basement Tapes (Raw ) - Bob Dylan [ 7/10 For outtakes and jams, pretty good, with some gems ]
McCarthy (Complete) - McCarthy [ 9/10 Saw them in the 80s in Oxford and always enjoyed. All recordings here, including BBC. Good indie political rock. Never knew they became Stereolab ]
Steeleye Span ( Early Recordings) - Steeleye Span [ 9/10 Early stuff that my Dad had on LP. Actually very good indeed, Traditional folk , electrified. Martin Carthy appears too ]
Liege and Leaf - Fairport Convention [ 10/10 Amazing electric folk ]
January 2013
Race the Loser - Lau [ 9/10 Magical, folk/acoustic based music . Kris Drever plays guitar ]
November- December 2012
Collected - 10cc
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
September - October 2012
Sunken Condos - Donald Fagen [ cool jazzy, rock sounds, but I think Becker has the edge on solo albums ]
When I'm President - Ian Hunter and the Rant Band
[ he may be old, but he's still amazingly brilliant]
August 2012
The Great Deceiver -
King Crimson
[ more than stunning live performances of the ( 2nd) classic Crimson line up : "prog" rarely sounded better or more brilliant ]
July 2012
Searching for Sugarman -
Sugarman
[ I gave in to the hype : acceptable, not not earth-shattering or even that stunning, ( assuming you didn't experience him in SA.,,definitely NOT the new Dylan, neither then, nor now..]
June 2012
Moonshine - Bert Jansch [ I think this is a forgotten masterpiece....]
Tales from the barrelhouse - Seth Lakeman [ Typical Lakeman-style. Rhythmic and powerful acoustic music ]
Prince Heathen - Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
[ Awesome English folk : guitar and fiddle-driven ]
Martin Carthy -
[ Self titled, brilliant and indispensable music ]
The Collection - Style Council
[ the sound of my adolescence and log, hot summers ]
April - May 2012
Mekanik Destriktiw Kommando - Magma [ awesome !!!!!!]
Best of Moby Grape - Moby Grape [ Surprisingly good Sixties rock ]
Encore - Tangerine Dream
The Gospel according to the men in black - The Stranglers [ Just like nothing on earth...]
Blunderbuss - Jack White
[ Its good, but is it awesome ?...]
All Saints - David Bowie Instrumentals
[ Description as per the tin...]
March 2012
Contraband- Otis Taylor
Complete- Big Maceo Merriweather
Futurist Manifesto- Be Bop Deluxe [ All albums...back to my roots and wonderful ]
Masters of the Ragtime Guitar- Duck Baker, Ton van Bergeyk etc [ Brilliant and very enjoyable ]
Shakuhachi Music : A bell ringing in the empty sky- Gojo Yamaguchi [ Contemplative Japanese flute music ]
The English Riviera - Metronomy
South of I-10- Sonny Landreth [ I've always enjoyed Sonny Landreth's contributions to various rock/blues groups and wondered what he sounded like on his own. His guitar (slide, especially ) is the key element and it is very good, but , for my taste, this veers too often to countrified rock, with hints of commercialised Cajun, and far too little bluesy stylings. Pleasant enough, but too close to AOR most of the time, for my liking ]
Home Again- Michael Kiwanuka
The Poison Glen- Altan [ Competent, but little passion. Great technique, but not that exciting]
February 2012
I speak because I can- Laura Marling
Ragged Kingdom- June Tabor and the Oyster Band [ A second mention...its really good !]
Heavy Sugar - A New Orleans R'n'B Collections ( that's from the 50s and 60s : real R'n'B ! )
January 2012
Michael Kiwanuka Hat tip for 2012...Old-style soul with a modern feeling
Luck in the Valley - Jack Rose
December 2011
Complete Imperial Recording- T-Bone Walker [10/10