Happy Birthday Brian Wilson. The leader of the Beach Boys and the oldest Wilson brother is 71 today. The reflective and gentle ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’ appears on Pet Sounds. Brian said of the track: “It’s about…
Born on June 19, 1948, Nick Drake would have been 65 today. It’s not an original thought to describe him as the Vincent van Gogh of British music, but it’s too romantic a link not to make. Both led troubled…
You may recognise some of the lyrical themes of ‘War is Over’ from a song sung by a certain John Lennon a long while ago, but this is no bad thing. North Carolina’s husband and wife duo Daniel Levi Goans…
Joni Mitchell joins the New York Times’ chief pop music critic Jon Pareles at the Lumninato Festival in Toronto.
If you listen to good radio* you’re likely already familiar with Nick Mulvey’s ‘Fever To The Form’. He’s had plenty of support, notably from Gilles Peterson, and has even made the dizzy heights of the playlist. He has serious pedigree,…
We were lucky enough to first see Husky Rescue in their native Finland last year, playing to a sophisticated crowd in a well-known Helsinki art spot. The audience were reclining on pillows while the band performed in-the-round on a raised,…