Truelove’s Gutter is the fantastic 6th album from Singer-Songwriter Richard Hawley. The album title refers to an old street in his native Sheffield. Allegedly it was named after 18th-century innkeeper Thomas Truelove, who used to charge local people to dump their rubbish in the gutter in the street which then flowed down to the River … Continue reading “Truelove’s Gutter”
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What I've been listening to
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Time Out Of Mind
Gaucho
Steely Dan
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Gaucho
Gaucho
Steely Dan
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Free Today
The Sticky Fingers
Albertine Sarges
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On Sunset
On Sunset (Deluxe)
Paul Weller
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Cellophane Car
Whoosh
The Stroppies
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You Ain't Got It Bad
Love & Chemicals
Teenage Waitress
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Creels
Sule Skerry
Erland Cooper
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This Thing That We Share
Arrivals
Declan O'Rourke
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Further
Further
Richard Hawley
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When I Was Part of Your Picture
The New Adventures of...P.P. Arnold
P.P. Arnold
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In Another Room
In Another Room
Paul Weller
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Cosmorama
Cosmorama
Beautify Junkyards
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Overture: Macbeth
Music From Macbeth
Third Ear Band
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Wind Before The Train
Wind Before the Train
Marvin Powell
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Love and Hate in a Different Time
Love and Hate in a Different Time
gabriels
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Colors
Black Pumas
Black Pumas
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The Light in Us
The Light in Us (Boogie Back Soul Weekender Remix)
Stone Foundation
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Time Storm
Time Storm
The Blow Monkeys
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Morning in America
American Love Call
Durand Jones & The Indications
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Everything's Gone Green
Substance
New Order
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I should have been in Los Angeles in October last year. My tickets for Roger Waters at the Staples Center were booked and we were planning a California road trip from San Francisco down the PCH through LA and South to San Diego. Covid changed all that. The concert was postponed, our travel plans on … Continue reading “Planning a California Road Trip”
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These winter nights can get quite boring. A mixture of lockdown and those long dark nights make you yearn for some form of escape. Luckily, I have found some distraction in the pages of ‘Booze & Vinyl‘ a book that combines two passions – cocktails and music. Originally published in 2018, Booze & Vinyl curates … Continue reading “Booze & Vinyl – The Perfect Companions”
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Song for Guy was a hit for Elton John in 1978. This largely instrumental song was one of the few successful songs written without Bernie Taupin. In 1976, after a record breaking streak of albums, Elton and Bernie had gone their separate ways. At the time, Bernie has checked into a clinic to clean up … Continue reading “Song for Guy”
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Honky Chateau was Elton John’s 5th studio album recorded at Château d’Hérouville in France. One hour North of Paris, in the village of Herouville, the Chateau was residential studio that offered the artists a chance to record with a small band, and the chance for some time out of the limelight. Less than three years … Continue reading “Where is Elton’s Honky Chateau?”
