That List Time of Year
Top Picks of 2025 It may seem self-indulgent to continue to make these kinds of lists when the world is so full of horror from the Hunger Strikers here, through creeping Fascism in America, to the continuing genocide in Palestine; however giving up on everything is a victory for the oppressors. Music My top gigs …
Best of 2024
Rather late! And as every year mainly for my recall. Yet another year when to watch or follow the news meant being subjected to horror, barbarity and inhumanity on an unprecedented scale. This can make any retreat to music, books, or cinema seem self-indulgent but for me, as an inactive depressive, they are the only …
Favourite Albums and Gigs 2023
For my own records more than anything. But certainly a vintage year - as indeed most years are now for me, I follow so many wonderful musicians. I cannot separate my top 2 so am mot attempting to! I have also cheated a bit with Margo Price but the albums are conceived as a sequence. …
Under Her Influence – Songs Inspired by Loretta Lynn
Country music legend Loretta Lynn has today died peacefully in her sleep, aged 90. Some of the many artists paying tribute to Loretta online included Dolly Parton, Carole King, Wynnona Judd, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Drive By Truckers, Waxahatchee and Valerie June. Her influence runs deeper than the well in Butcher Hollow from where she once drew water.
Loretta’s straight-talking spirit, absolute authenticity and often confrontational style has few parallels in country music, or any genre. She was an icon of individuality, and an irreplaceable loss.
Read on to find some of the best examples of songs which pay tribute to Loretta or which echo her work. Feel free to add any further suggestions to the comments or on social media and I will add them to a playlist.
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