U2 started the 1980s as a post-punk band influenced by Joy Division and Television. As the decade progressed they beefed up their sound, working with notable producers like Steve Lillywhite and Brian Eno, and became one of the highest selling…
After a string of successful albums with Crowded House, Neil Finn teamed up with his older brother Tim and recorded a relaxed and low-key album in 1995. The brothers’ previous attempts to write together had been incorporated into the 1991…
Congratulations to Rich, Tony, and 2loud2old, who all scored full marks in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz is slightly macabre – it requires you to identify which of two notable musicians died first. It covers a bit of ground,…
I’ve undergone a career change this week – I’ve dropped from full-time to a few hours a week, while my wife has returned to work almost full-time. It’s been quite a sudden change – we realised that I was finding…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 20/20 in last week’s Lego quiz. This week requires you to find the overlapping word in two song titles. I scored 24, but certainly had to rack my brain on a few of them.…
My most played album over the last month has been Kacey Musgraves’ third major label long player, Golden Hour. Musgraves began her major label career with Same Trailer, Different Park, which musically played straight to Nashville conventions, while questioning the…
My walk to work this week has been different than usual. Can any of my perceptive readers guess which city I’ve been working in? This clue is a red herring, as I haven’t actually been working in Liverpool: I had…
Congratulations to Music Enthusiast Jim, who successfully named 35 of the 37 women in the rock and roll hall of fame. This week’s quiz requires you to name the musical acts from their Lego representations. I scored 20/20, and…
Warren Zevon was an industry veteran by the time he made his major-label debut in 1976. He’d toured with the Everly Brothers as their band leader, and was rooming with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975. Jackson Browne had…
Congratulations to Tony, who smoked the rest of the field in the tricky song title quiz last week. This week’s quiz requires you to guess the women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with song hints. Remember that…
