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Author: nick2209
Anarcho-socialist, Birmingham City Women supporter, lover of Americana/Country, Byron fan, atheist - and clinical depressive, which should be unrelated to foregoing although you have to wonder!
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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Nanci Griffith has died
Nanci Griffith: 2012/many years ago (probably 1990s) (1953-2021)
I grew up listening to Nanci Griffith in my mother’s car. I still remember seeing her live. I’ve loved her music to this day. #RIP — Izzy on Twitter
I have to remember the next time I do a video and then watch once (I never watch more than once) and find myself wincing at the sounds of my voice and accent: “Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life best” — Nanci Griffith — yes that’s me …
Friends and readers,
Yesterday when I read on Twitter (to which news comes the fastest) that Nanci Griffith had died that day, I felt — somewhat to my surprise — so grief-stricken. I began to cry. I thought of all the hours I had spent over the years listening to her singing first on audiocasettes and then CDs in my…
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Ten Years Of The Blues Continued – 22/3/21
I realised when I published these blogs that I would occasionally have to write an update taking account of a development that would strengthen (or rebut) my argument. What I did not expect was that there would be such a development the very next day! But on 22/3/21 the following story breaks... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56459754 Picking a …
Ten Years of The Blues – Part One
Ten Years of the Blues - Part One On 14th April 2011 I went to my first Women's Football game to see Birmingham City Women (or Ladies as they were then - the name-change at least is a great improvement!) play Bristol City at Stratford Town FC; I was instantly hooked and in the succeeding …
Moving Toyshop 