Folk music often defines a nation telling, as it tends to do, stories about life, about communities and about individuals.  Classical composers have often used folk music in their works. For example Dvorak used music from his native Czechoslovakia in a number of his symphonies … Continue reading Folk Music – It’s not all Hey Nonny Nonny

I realised yesterday that I have been very lax in posting to The Blog and got to thinking about what to write about. Progressive rock, especially from the 1970s holds a special place in my heart. I love it for it’s grandiose nature, it’s complexity, … Continue reading Welcome Rael we are The Lamia of the pool…

Carole King, born Carol Joan Klein on 9 February 1942, is an American singer-songwriter who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist. She is the most successful female songwriter of … Continue reading Carole King – You WILL Still Love Her Tomorrow.

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit … Continue reading Mike Oilfield

One of my favourite styles of music is Hard (or Heavy) Rock. Hard rock is a form of loud, aggressive rock music where the electric guitar is often emphasised. It can be used with distortion and other effects, both as a rhythm instrument using repetitive … Continue reading Very ‘eavy, very ‘umble and very loud…

Cat Stevens was born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21st July 1948 in the Marylebone area of London. He was the youngest child of a Greek Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman. He has a brother and a sister. The whole Georgiou … Continue reading Cat Stevens – Purrrrrrfect Songwriting.

It’s been a while since I did a Blog post and as I have been doing a lot of music listening and rediscovery this is about one of the groups I have been enjoying recently. Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2) is a German … Continue reading Amon Düül II – The Birth of Krautrock???????

Some while ago I did an article about David Bowie's Berlin Album Trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) but there is so much more to this incredible artist that I thought I would post another article sharing some more of his unbelievable work. David Bowie is … Continue reading David Bowie, musical genius and master of the rebirth – Major Tom to The Diamond Dogs.

I was asked if I could put together a playlist of tracks by chanteuse extraordinaire Kate Bush and as it was a great opportunity to revisit her albums I got onto the case there and then. I have only included tracks released on albums up … Continue reading Kate Bush – Weird, Wacky and Wonderful.