Category: Music

  • 05/08/2023
    I wish I had said that Letters · LRB Nicholas Spice speaks of ‘the conductor demanding ever more rehearsal time,…
  • 10/07/2023
    G-g-generation Went to see The Who last night at Edinburgh castle. Great show, and the weather blessed us. First time…
  • 13/01/2023
    Jeff Beck RIP: No pick needed Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78 | Jeff Beck | The Guardian…
  • 17/12/2022
    Bach’s accidental masterpiece - New Statesman One of the most extraordinary things about history’s most extraordinary musician is the fact…
  • 05/05/2021
    On the late Chick Corea The Economist | Music without limits As ever, some beautiful cadences in an obituary in…
  • 28/08/2020
    Beautiful obituary of the wonderful classical guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Some of this story I knew already. Almost as…
  • 27/07/2020
    Most of the music I enjoy I came to via my brother (Al of Penglas in West Cork). There are…
  • 12/06/2020
    The best way to foster mediocrity is to found a Center for Excellence. This is a quote from a comment…
  • 31/01/2019
    And when they say you are a dreamer, a fool, and deluded, I will use a nice inversion by Lincoln…
  • 26/12/2018
    I have forgotten which search rabbit hole I was down, but ended up at Robert Wyatt’s Wikipedia page. I know…