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Month: February 2019

24th February 2019 Track Leave a comment 2010schamber popclassical crossoverorchestral beatsprogressive rockTrack of the Week

Chalk and Coal

Here in the UK when we want to emphasise that two things are very different we might say, "They are like chalk and cheese". It's a snappy phrase but are chalk and cheese really so different? Wouldn't "chalk and coal" turn up the contrast in our mental imagery more effectively? Perhaps that's what they say…Read more Chalk and Coal

17th February 2019 Album, Track 2 Comments 2010sAlbum of the Monthhip hopjazzTrack of the Week

Afronaut

... there will be no opera, no Viennese waltzes, no country music, no hip-hop and nothing ponderously slow. - Crotchety Man Home Page Two of the blogs I follow have recently suggested that hip hop is a genre that can not be dismissed by any music fan who claims to have an open mind. One of those blogs…Read more Afronaut

10th February 2019 Track 1 Comment 2010sfolkon tourTrack of the Week

Sometimes You Just Drive

Time is relative. We don't need Einstein to tell us that. Sometimes time drags; sometimes it flies by. For Michael Chapman, although his face and guitar picking fingers have aged, his music remains as fresh today as it did 50 and more years ago. The English folk singer-songwriter released another album a few days ago…Read more Sometimes You Just Drive

3rd February 20195th February 2019 Track Leave a comment 1960spoprockTrack of the Week

Time of the Season

Time takes its toll on all mechanical things. Sooner or later the cog wheels become clogged with a sticky gunge, the hands on the clock face slow to a crawl and the pendulum shudders to a halt. And what applies to the steady tick-tock of a grandfather clock also applies to the fast spinning disks…Read more Time of the Season

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