1973 featured the OPEC oil crisis, the Yom Kippur War, and the death of Salvador Allende. But it was also a great year for albums – I had no room for personal favourites like Tom Waits’ Closing Time, Paul Simon’s…
Last week we looked at 1980. This week, can you name all the year-end hot 25 singles of 1990? I certainly couldn’t – just like last week, I scored 17 Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who’s continuing to rack up consecutive…
When Uncle Tupelo split up after 1993’s Anodyne, guitarist and primary song-writer Jay Farrar seemed the best bet for a successful career with his new act Son Volt. But Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco with the remnants of Uncle Tupelo – bassist…
Credits 4 ROSALYN – The Pretty Things(Jimmy Duncan/Bill Farley) PERSONNEL/PHIL MAY: vocals * DICK TAYLOR: lead guitar * BRIAN PENDLETON: rhythm guitar * JOHN STAX: bass * VIV PRINCE: drumsProduced by JIMMY DUNCAN & BILL FARLEYRecorded in London, EnglandFontana single…
As a one-person music website, I’m unable to cover everything. I’ve reviewed about 75 albums from 2025, slightly inflated by covering the seven albums of Springsteen’s Tracks II box set. Here are my favourites from the year. It seemed like…
Can you name all the year-end hot 25 singles of 1980? I certainly couldn’t – I struggled with the bottom third of the list, and ended up with 17 In my defense, I was only 1 at the time.…
The United Kingdom’s most likeable pop star, Jessie Ware is charming while other mainstream acts leave me cold. She has a gorgeous voice, but she’s closer to the sophisticated poise of Sade than the vocal histrionics of Celine Dion. Ware’s…
Flock of Dimes and Nourished By Time are both solo projects from Baltimore artists, with monikers that sound like band names. And they’re both excellent. Meanwhile in Chile, Candelabra are making epic Christian-themed rock. Flock of Dimes The Life You…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 2 The Sign by Ace of Base Topped the NZ chart for 5 (non-consecutive) weeks from 24 April 1994. Ace of Base Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden. Jonas played in…
For the third time, this week’s challenge is sudden death – if you get one wrong, the quiz stops. Also, it’s not possible to skip questions. It starts easy, but gets harder. After getting through the first two rounds…
