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Category Archives: Music – Top Tens
My Top Ten Albums of 2019
I always enjoy compiling this list and it’s been particularly difficult this year to decide what should be No 1. There are four or five records that, at some point, I’ve thought, this is definitely going to be No 1. … Continue reading
My Top 50 Albums 2000-18
The Guardian recently published a list of the Top 100 albums of the 21st century. It was pretty good, but nothing like what my list would be. So I thought I’d do my own 50. I must stress that this … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged music, Top Fifty 2000-18
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My Top Ten Albums of 2018
2018. Another amazing year of music. I probably saw more concerts than ever before. And so many good bands coming through. The return of a few artists whose records I’ve loved in recent years too. I get asked how I … Continue reading
Music for a Celtic Soul
Celtic soul is a term I use quite a lot when describing some of my favourite music. I devoted a chapter to it in my book, I Was There – A Musical Journey. It’s music that almost always has a … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged Altan, Catherine McGrath, Celtic Soul, Christy Moore, CHVRCHES, Deacon Blue, Dolores Keane, Eleanor McEvoy and Mary Black, Glasvegas, Honeyblood, Hothouse Flowers, Idlewild, John Martyn, KT Tunstall, music, playlist, Sinead O'Connor, Snow Patrol, Texas, The Chieftains, The Corrs, The Cranberries, The Pogues, The Rails, The Waterboys, thin lizzy, U2, Van Morrison
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Sounds of London
A while back I put together a New York songs playlist. Well, if New York, then why not London too? Two of the great cities – very different and very similar. And one of the similarities is that they are … Continue reading
Posted in London, Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged London, music, Sounds of London, The Clash, The Jam
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My Top Ten Albums of 2017
Another great year of music, but actually quite an easy one in which to pick my top ten. They are just the ones I’ve played most. Just recently I’ve been trying to catch up with albums I’ve missed, either through … Continue reading
Posted in Music - Top Tens
Tagged Aldous Harding, Alvvays, Catherine McGrath, Faye Webster, Girl Ray, Honeyblood, London Grammar, music, music lists, Slowdive, the war on drugs, Wolf Alice
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My Top Twenty – Steely Dan Songs
The other day, one of my biggest blog followers (a select bunch!), he who shall be known as DC, requested a Steely Dan top ten. This stemmed from a show we went to last year, at the Half Moon, Putney, … Continue reading
My Top Ten albums of 2016
A turbulent year politically, what with Brexit, Trump and the continued horrors of Syria. And a sad year in music, when we lost David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen and more. But the music itself – as brilliant as ever. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged Albums of 2016, Amber Arcades, Angel Olsen, Bat for Lashes, Blue House, bon iver, Car Seat Headrest, david bowie, Dilly Dally, Frank Ocean, Jack Garratt, James Blake, Julia Jacklin, Let's Eat Grandma, music, Palace Winter, Parquet Courts, Radiohead, Savages, Whitney, Wolf Alice
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My Top Twenty – Scottish pop tunes!
This one got sparked off by a recent discussion at work about SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon’s choices on Desert Island Discs. Mostly Scottish, but that turned out to be quite wide-ranging, many not exactly Scottish. It got me thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged Average White Band, CHVRCHES, Cocteau Twins, Glasvegas, Idlewild, Jesus And Mary Chain, John Martyn, KT Tunstall, music, Orange Juice, Primal Scream, Rezillos, Rod Stewart, Scotland, Scottish sounds, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Simple Minds, Teenage Fanclub, Texas, The Associates, The Skids, Waterboys
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