Well this was a stroke of luck, the two colours I haven't already covered, along with a cheeky pink for future reference, together gi...

King Crimson : Red [ purchase ] Trying not to overthink this, so I went with the first thing that came into my head when I heard wha...

purchase the whole Axis album. It's a classic that's worth every penny you spend. [ Axis Bold As Love ] Aaah... a confluenc...

Pick a colour, any colour. Well, from the three offered, and, bang, into my I Tunes search in goes yellow, coming up with the delightful...

purchase [ Orange Driver ] I'm guessing that there aren't too many of you who have heard of the J. Geils Band. I think you...

purchase [ I Got a Line On You ] Someone has to do this: there was once a band named <Spirit> and it seems wrong not to includ...

Some might say I am, again, entirely missing the point of this theme, submitting posts around arcane or unknown musicians, rather than jolly...

purchase [ greenbaum ] I was on a Lufthansa flight this past week where the film offerings included a bunch of films I'd alre...

The name of Stephen Bruton may be known to fewer than those who have heard his songs, and, if and when then, possibly when sung by others...

Rush : The Spirit of Radio [ purchase ] I’ve openly discussed my love of prog-rock in on this blog, so you might be surprised to disco...

I've wanted to do this post for a while, just waiting for the right opportunity, serendipity offering perhaps the least obvious way t...

purchase [ The album ] The following is all possibly "fake". How would you know? Yoko Ono is an artist? (True/False?) Y...

The Great American songbook is something that has me normally running for the hills, especially when utilised as a vehicle for ageing roc...

purchase [ Witch Fire ] Herbie Hancock? ... I had a vinyl copy of one of his albums way back at the end of 60's. It was so lon...

Rick Wakeman : Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' [ purchase ] Today, we are going to debunk two myths. Firs...

Hole : Softer, Softest [ purchase ] I’ve written before about my admiration for Hole’s album Live Through This , and in that piece, I...

purchase [ Electric Ladyland ] because the whole album is one you should own if you are into owning your music When I think back on i...

'Charlatans UK', that is, one of those raggle taggle of bands having to append their country of origin to their name, at least in...

purchase [ Goodbye Stranger ] The longer SMM continues, the harder it gets to be original. Be it chosing a theme or nailing a song (ha...

I suppose there is some assumption that strange and weird are the same. Perhaps the easiest way to dispel that is with a substitution. The i...