Paul Carrack : Lesson In Love   [ purchase ]  Of course, the musically knowledgeable readers of Star Maker Machine know who Paul Carrack i...

[ purchase The Quality Holiday Revue (Live) ] [ purchase What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Los Straitjackets ] [ purchase other ...

John Hiatt is just terrific, one of the best, if not in sales, certainly in terms of influence and output, up there, in my book, with Neil Y...

It is the early to mid '70s, an awkward time for the awkward young men with a penchant for the music of the day and earlier. Probably a ...

Rockpile : A Knife and Fork [ purchase ] I took some time off from this blog over the summer, so for the Leftovers theme I’m trying ...

Week 3 of cutlery, the title now revealing the true needs of our admin guy: he didn't want posts about the transmission of food from pla...

Nick Lowe : Christmas At The Airport [ purchase ] I’m sort of doctrinaire about the creeping expansion of holidays. I’ve accepted Pre...

Ian Dury and many others : Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll & Chaos [ purchase ] Aaah, synergy! Over at Cover Me , I have a...

Photo by Katharine Swibold Last week, I stretched our Hard theme as a way to discuss the founding of a new jazz club in my hometown. T...

It was hearing this on the radio today that gave me the prompt, on a request show fronted by, of all people, Kim Wilde , adding to the 80...

Dawes : A Little Bit of Everything (Live from Newport 2012) [ purchase the album that this song is on ] I have written about the tri...

Nick Lowe : All Men Are Liars [ purchase ] It is a post-Thanksgiving tradition at SMM to have a “Leftovers” theme, which allows our wr...

Buy  Costello , Buy  Cantrell  or just buy  indoor fireworks . Not being a Yank I find it difficult associating fireworks with a ...

Nick Lowe : I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll) [ purchase ] I’m pretty sure that Elvis Costello was my gateway ...

Nick Lowe : Indoor Fireworks [ purchase (album only) ] In the early days, Elvis Costello covered Nick Lowe ("What's So Funny Ab...

Nick Lowe : (I Want to Build a) Jumbo Ark [ purchase (CD only)] Here we are again, back at the story of Noah's Ark -- a tale t...

Nick Lowe : Rose Of England [ purchase ] The album Rose Of England by Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit may best be remembered for I Knew The ...

Nick Lowe: I Love My Label [ purchase ] According to the liner notes for his rarities and covers compilation The Wilderness Years , pivotal...

Nick Lowe : Half A Boy And Half A Man [ purchase ] I love Half A Boy Half A Man for two reasons: the cheezy vox organ and the especially wr...