Calling it out: women are making better music than menAccording to definition, a troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350)…Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
The Art of Longevity: a podcastTo hear the podcast choose on of the various services:Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
The Cure took Glastonbury 2019, let’s hope both return soonOh Glastonbury. Cancelled again. One begins to wonder whether…no, no, no. Let’s not go there. Glastonbury will return in 2022 as part of…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Happy Holidays USA or Merry Christmas UK? Who does Christmas songs best?Every year without fail, I make December an all Christmas songs affair. Never before December 1st of course, and never after the 26th, but…Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
Sonos Radio HD— has a third way to listen just arrived?The pandemic-induced lockdown created a listening boom for traditional radio, along with an uptick in the streaming of more comforting…Nov 29, 20201Nov 29, 20201
Is high definition audio ready to re-invent music (again?)According to a growing community of audiophiles, we are all being short-changed by the current wave of digital music. Since the first…Oct 21, 20202Oct 21, 20202
Thank you for the music: paying more attentionBack when we used to attend live shows (it’s coming back, don’t worry, eventually, I hope) how often did you find yourself at a gig and…Oct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020
National Album Day 2020 Long Read: The excess of the 80s produced monster pop albums that many…I was just up in Dundee, Scotland, where I found myself stopping off for a few moments at a record shop (Assai Records, 33 and 1/3rd Union…Oct 6, 2020Oct 6, 2020
Up Next: The lost art of the song segueI remember when Beats first launched it’s pre Apple-Music service back in 2014. The vernacular was very much about human curation over…Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020