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Month: August 2016

28th August 2016 Track 3 Comments 2010salternativeambientclassicalnewsTrack of the Week

Familiar

The 'classical' tag appears in these posts from time to time. Sometimes it refers to music from the years 1600 - 1900 but more often it indicates modern music in a style that owes a substantial debt to that period. Familiar is one of those more recent compositions. It is a single taken from Agnes Obel's forthcoming album Citizen of Glass…Read more Familiar

24th August 2016 Album 5 Comments 2000sAlbum of the Monthfolkjazz

Light Flight …

I have always felt that the five members of Pentangle were pulled together by a mysterious force. It must have been some kind of benign sorcery to be capable of making such a sublime creation. Perhaps somewhere in a small town in England a macabre ritual took place. Welcome, sisters, to the White Witch (Tewkesbury) Temple of…Read more Light Flight …

21st August 2016 Track 1 Comment 1980spopTrack of the Week

China In Your Hand

Back in 1987 I was a freelance software developer. In the autumn of that year I was working on a contract at offices some 15 miles from Leicester where I lived then, driving north up the A46 in the mornings. It was an easy journey. The road was fairly straight and not too busy. And it wound…Read more China In Your Hand

14th August 2016 Track 3 Comments 2010salternativeindierockTrack of the Week

River Song

The times seem to be changing at Crotchety Mansions. Recently, I added another couple of blogs to my list of followed sites. As if to balance those beginnings the first music blog I followed since starting this one, Vinyl Connection, has just ceased publication and this week The Maccabees announced they are disbanding. It's sad…Read more River Song

7th August 2016 Track 6 Comments 1970sfolkTrack of the Week

Diamonds and Rust

Nimble fingers pick gently at the strings of an acoustic guitar. Dark hair tumbles around her face. Her features and her music speak of Spanish ancestors as she gazes into the pale yellow light of a rising moon. A little while ago the phone had rung and the voice on the line stirred memories from years ago. Precious memories of…Read more Diamonds and Rust

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