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Cool as Folk

Posted in Blast From the Past, Music, Personal on January 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Something strange has been happening in the music world over the last couple of years. Music has been getting a little bit…pastoral. Artistes like Devendra Bernhardt, Joanna Newsom and the all-conquering Fleet Foxes have been attracting both popular and critical acclaim. And on this side of the Atlantic, the wonderful Rachel Unthank and the [...]

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Blast from the Past #2: Laura Nyro

Posted in Blast From the Past, Music, Women, tagged on July 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I first heard Laura Nyro when I was 19, and fell in love pretty much straight away. Her song ‘Stoned Soul Picnic’ was one of the many, many gems on a legendary 1968 sampler from CBS records called The Rock Machine: I Love You (a sequel to the also rocking but even more hilariously/awesomely titled [...]

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Blast From the Past #1: Sister Nancy and Althea & Donna

Posted in Blast From the Past, Music, Women, tagged , , , , , on July 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »

To kick off our inaugural Blast From the Past spot, I’m cheating a little by picking not one, but two acts, because I can’t think about one without the other. Back in the day when my little flat looking like it was being slowly eaten by a large record-shaped vinyl monster, [...]

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