101 Songs

A Bob Dylan song! Of all things ... Bob Dylan recorded 'She's Your Lover Now' on 21st January 1966. There were 16 takes and he w...

This is one of my favourite songs, has been for over 15 years, but I'm writing a little about it because I suddenly remembered an odd ev...

I'd like to briefly sing the praises of two small albums I love, which are quite similar. One is  Surf - Roddy Frame , from 2002 The oth...

You may have seen this recent Radio 2 countdown of the Greatest British Groups ...  https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/radio-2-ultimate-...

There was something I meant to add to the last bit I wrote about the mistake with this Rings of Powers series, and all bad big budget fantas...

I have recently finished 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2, which I by and large enjoyed and thought a good step up f...

This will start in one place and end in a totally different one, and the two things won't be connected apart from by my train of thought...

It's a whole 4 years since I last checked in on what my favourite Bob Dylan albums are. A lot's changed in 4 years (well, not a lot,...

I keep on giving myself the opportunity to say that I prefer other things to Prince.  This song, called 'The Purple Rain', is neithe...

I still listen to Midlake's 'The Trials of Van Occupanther' often. It's one of my favourite albums, and a very underrated on...

So people still like Oasis, then. I, myself, would not pay several hundred pounds to see them now. In fact, I don't think I would go if ...

I was travelling back from the Waxahatchee show last month when The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll shuffled on to my headphones, and in a...

Graham Thorpe was, statistically and in reality, the best England batsman of my teenage years and early adulthood. I shared a birthday with ...

Last week, I went to see a double-header featuring two bands of a similar vintage and of similar status, the Manic Street Preachers and Sued...

It is very moving that we no longer have a Conservative government. It has blighted my middle adulthood, cast a dark shadow over how I view ...

Here's another list, not too far from the last one, but more closely attached to personal taste. This will be my favourite 100 songs of ...