There was a lot of good music on the radio in the late sixties but by the time I started university in 1971 it had been almost entirely replaced with banal and sickly-sweet pop songs. Look away now if, like me, you don't want to be reminded of Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Grandad or Bridget…Read more Yes
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John Renbourn
I turned on the radio yesterday at the very end of Lauren Laverne's morning show on BBC 6 Music. The strains of folk guitar came over the airwaves. "That's nice", I thought, "and not Lauren's usual material". Crossing the hall on my way to make a cup of tea it struck me that it sounded like John Renbourn.…Read more John Renbourn
King Crimson
They say, if you invent a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door. I think there is some truth in that, but it has to be a much better mousetrap. Fortunately, there are a few examples of products that are so desirable that they hardly need to be promoted at all: the Morgan sports car, the…Read more King Crimson
Alt-J
On your computer keyboard, down by the Control key, there's an Alt key. In fact, there are two of them, one each side of the space bar. In most applications the two Alt keys have identical functions; they modify the effect of typing some other key. On an Apple Mac holding down the Alt key and typing…Read more Alt-J
Crotchety Man 