singer-songwriters
CD: John Martyn - Heaven and EarthFriday, 13 May 2011
I've spent the last week feasting on John Martyn via Spotify. He was a gap in my musical education. He turns out, as a large portion of you reading already well know, to be a rich, raw talent. I knew his rep but had a misguided notion he was... Read more... |
CD: k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing it LoudWednesday, 13 April 2011
With k.d. lang's original "cowpunk" days of Absolute Torch and Twang now a distant memory, she has settled into the role of deluxe vocal stylist with a bit of heritage balladry on the side (for instance, her collaboration with Tony Bennett, A... Read more... |
Tim Buckley’s musical prehistory unearthedThursday, 10 February 2011
Tim Buckley might have died in 1975, but he’s lived on through re-evaluations, reissues and, by default, through the music of his also-dead son Jeff. This new Rhino Handmade version of Buckley senior’s debut Elektra album is significant as the... Read more... |
Q&A Special: Musician Lee HazlewoodWednesday, 26 January 2011
Forty-five years ago today, Nancy Sinatra’s risqué “These Boots Are Made For Walking” entered the British charts, beginning its rise to Number One. This country-slanted ode to sex and domination, sung by Frank’s daughter, hasn’t had its impact... Read more... |
Luke Haines, The Hoxton PonyThursday, 20 January 2011
Luke Haines holds a small cassette player to the microphone, switches it on and the sounds of birds are heard. It’s “Me and the Birds”, one of his new Outsider Music songs. His old Britpop-era band The Auteurs were guitar pop. His next outfit,... Read more... |
Neil Diamond, Radio 2 Electric Proms, RoundhouseSunday, 31 October 2010
At 7.55pm I was tired and grouchy. By 9.30pm I was a happy man, thanks to Neil Diamond. Say what you like about this 69-year-old singer and songwriter: he may be a cheesy old showbiz pro, but personally I am partial to a bit of cheesy showbiz, and... Read more... |
Agnes Obel: PhilharmonicsWednesday, 27 October 2010
Although Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel has professed a kinship with Roy Orbison and his grand musical dramas, it’s John Cale that she covers on her debut album. Choosing the slow-burning “I Keep A Close Watch” from 1975’s Helen Of Troy (Cale... Read more... |
Malcolm Middleton, Hanbury Club, BrightonThursday, 26 November 2009
"Welcome to the second night of my depressing acoustic tour," said Malcolm Middleton by way of introducing his set. The statement plays on his well-established reputation for miserabilism. Later on he asked the audience, "Enjoying yourselves?" to... Read more... |
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