Thoughts on music

This blog is intended to do "exactly what it says on the tin" so below are some of my 'Thoughts on Music'. They predominantly concern recent matters but will not always do so. I'll also happily turn to matters of the music industry more generally if and when I feel so inclined. So there! If you don't agree with something please feel free to add a comment. They are moderated by me (so I'll get to read it) and I might even reply. Above all however just enjoy whatever music you like! Richard

Monday, December 03, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 29 - Waterside - Under My Skin

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I have long harboured a love for the EP as a means for an artist or band to get early release of their work. In the last decade the format h...
Monday, October 15, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 28 - The Willows - Through The Wild

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The prospect of another rather autumnal weekend and the fact that the outdoor festival season has well and truly ended, was leavened this mo...
Monday, October 01, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 27 - Sinnober - Projection

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'Projection' is the brand new release by duo Sinnober based in Frome, Somerset. It follows their 2016 release 'Little Wars'...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 26 - Kendel Carson - The Lost Tapes of Suzanna Hamilton & The Calgary Sessions

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To paraphrase Oscar Wilde in a horrid way: To miss one new release by an artist you like might count as misfortune. To miss two in six month...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 25 - Carson Mchone - Carousel

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Listening to embargoed new music, not yet available to the public for some weeks, is a privilege and somewhat scary at the same tim...
Tuesday, September 04, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 24 - Fara - Times From Times Fall

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Times From Times Fall is the second full length release by Scottish folk four-piece Fara, all of whom are from Orkney, and is the follow-up ...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Green Man 2018 - a few thoughts and pictures.

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If there is a discernible thread to this post then it is that it encapsulates why I like festivals so much. I treasure  the ability to explo...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Catching up. Live...

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Earlier this month and in this post I expressed a desire to see a quintet of US-based female indie rock acts live across a pair of UK festi...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 23 - Kitty Macfarlane - Namer Of Clouds

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This is an album that, having seen the artist behind it live several times, I have been waiting upon for some time. It is her first full len...
Friday, August 10, 2018

A musical journey by proxy...

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It's been a while since I did one of these posts but I have to say it is always on my mind. The thing is that it just takes a little som...
Monday, July 30, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 22 - Eliza Gilkyson - Secularia

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There is a total change of tack for this post. We head over to Austin, Texas and the realm of US folk and, in passing, something of a dynast...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 21 - Phantastic Ferniture

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Just as summer in the UK seems to have gone AWOL for the weekend comes the release of this gem from Australia, where it is winter, but that...
Friday, July 27, 2018

New Music 2018 - Part 20 - Kick Out The Twang - Speedbuggy USA

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Now this was fun! A band that I have seen before, at Truck Festival 2016, returned with a new album in tow and played two full sets within t...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Festivals... Truck Festival 2018 and other things.

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Two three-day festivals down and still three to go! One of the great things about festivals is the expectation of seeing favourite artis...
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