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Category Archives: Music
It’s only teenage wasteland: pop culture’s vapid dreamworld
When you’re in your mid-50s, you can’t help noticing that time’s winged chariot is hurtling towards you a little faster than you would like. So every other day I dutifully trudge off to the gym and hit the machines … Continue reading
Etta James RIP
In terms of its ability to stir the emotions, there is nothing like the singing voice, and that power has never been dependent on technical proficiency. There are a lot of singers with great voices who fail to evoke or … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Etta James death, I'd Rather Go Blind, Johnny Cash, Leona Lewis
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David Cameron: music lover
As a big Gillian Welch/David Rawlings fan I was surprised to read recently that David and Samantha Cameron attended the concert by the awesome duo in London last November. On one level it suggests that the Camerons at least … Continue reading
Posted in Music, UK politics
Tagged David Cameron, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Tony Blair
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R.I.P Bert Jansch 1943-2011
Bert Jansch, one of the greatest British folk guitarists of all time, has died of cancer. Here is in full flight, doing a fabulous rendition of Reynardine. Look upon it, you guitar pickers, and be humbled.