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Month: June 2020

28th June 2020 Track Leave a comment 2020selectronicaprogressive rockpsychedelic rockTrack of the Weekworld

Humboldt Currant

  I know of two things named after Alexander von Humboldt: a penguin and an ocean current. The current flows northwards along the coast of Chile and Peru bringing cooler waters from the southern oceans up to the tropics where it provides a plentiful supply of nutrients for the marine life there. The penguin is…Read more Humboldt Currant

21st June 2020 Track Leave a comment 1970sfusionjazzprogressive rockTrack of the Week

Life Goes On

Musicians may die but their music lives on. Pekka Pohjola was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist and composer born in the same month as the Crotchety Man blogger. He studied piano and violin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and, in 1970, joined the progressive rock band, Wigwam on bass. He left to embark on a solo career…Read more Life Goes On

15th June 2020 Album Leave a comment 2010sAlbum of the Monthfolk rockprogressive rockrock operasteampunk

The Clockwork Fable

I love a good story. And The Clockwork Fable is a splendid story. It concerns the subterranean city of Cogtopolis, founded 200 years or more ago. There is no natural light there. The citizens have legends of a sun that once shone above the surface but its rays were extinguished by clouds of choking, burning…Read more The Clockwork Fable

10th June 2020 Track Leave a comment 2010sa capellaalternativeTrack of the Week

Matte Kudasai

Old Man Crotchety has been busy lately. There's another post in the pipeline but it needs some lengthy research and won't be ready on the usual weekly schedule. So, in the meantime, rest assured that the wheels are still turning here at Crotchety Mansions and when the cogs have aligned there will be much more…Read more Matte Kudasai

3rd June 2020 Album, Band/Artist, Track Leave a comment 1990sambientart rocknew wavesynthpop

Rain Tree Crow

Occasionally we come across a band, an album and a track that all share the same name. If my memory serves me correctly, the Vinyl Connection blog site gave a technical term for this nominal trinity a few months back, but I have been unable to track it down. So please forgive me if this…Read more Rain Tree Crow

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