Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week, your challenge is to identify duos. I scored 22/25 – can you beat my score? Congratulations to Tony, who showcased his ornithological knowledge in last week’s birds in music quiz.…
Talk Talk‘s career trajectory is one of the most fascinating in rock music – over the course of a decade and five albums, they transformed from a generic synth-pop outfit to trail-blazers for post-rock. Keyboardist Simon Brenner left Talk Talk…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 7 I Shot the Sheriff by Warren G Topped the NZ chart for 2 weeks from 13 April 1997 Warren G I’ll let Yacht Rock explain Warren G’s rise to fame. It may not be…
Ben Folds had been trying to break into the music industry for years when he formed Ben Folds Five with Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee in 1993. The trio played piano-centred music in the grunge era, but fitted in with…
Welcome back for another week of quizzing. This week, you need to complete song titles with birds. I scored 12/12 with 3:08 remaining – can you beat my time? Congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover, who scored 16/18 in last…
For some bands, it’s fun to argue what their best album is. Do you prefer Abbey Road, Revolver, or Sgt. Peppers? Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie? But other bands have a canonical best album that’s hard to debate against –…
The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up. The sequel covers the rest of the world since the first volume only chronicled the USA. Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 emerged in 2001.…
Kathleen Edwards was born in Ottawa, but a diplomat’s daughter, she grew up in Korea and Switzerland. She learned the violin and listened to Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan. After high school, she started a career as a…
I’ve been hiking in the wilderness this week, so I can’t report back on last week’s results – last time I checked, Rich Kamerman was in the lead. This week, your challenge is to name the famous album from some…
Even in 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic still looms large over popular music. Many of these albums were affected by events – forcing delays or changes in personnel. As always, there was a wealth of excellent music recorded in 2022 –…
