Moving Hearts – Forgotten favourites #5
I do like a big band. Nothing quite like one for rousing the blood, when the brass section kicks in and the fiddles all march in time. Home Service, Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band, Salsa Celtica, Bellowhead. And the Irish one, Moving Hearts. The Hearts came together in...Battle of the Field — Forgotten favourites #4
An occasional series on rediscovered treasures Recorded in 1973 — but the band broke up as soon as it was finished, the members going separate ways to new projects. It was eventually released (slightly modified) three years later, by which time it had acquired...Hand of Kindness – Forgotten favourites #3
An occasional series on rediscovered treasures 1983’s Hand of Kindness is the second of Richard Thompson’s first solo albums; Henry the Human Fly after he left Fairport, this one after the break-up with wife Linda. It’s hard to pick a favourite RT — so many mean so...The times they are a-changin’ — Forgotten favourites #2
An occasional series on rediscovered treasures When I was young and even more foolish, me and a chum tried to smuggle quotes from Bob Dylan songs into our English homework. We got away with ‘blowing in the wind’, ‘when the ship comes in’ and a...Bar the Doors and Bang the Shutters Down
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