10 Best Hit Songs of the 1970s
I’ve listed the ten worst songs of the 1970s, so it’s only fair to look at the highlights of the decade. If rock music came of age in the 1960s, the 1970s saw a proliferation of genres. Funk, disco, progressive…
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Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.
10 Best Paul Simon Songs
Paul Simon’s songs are part of the American landscape, a thoughtful man documenting his inner dialogue in popular song. From Simon and Garfunkel songs like ‘America’ and ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ to solo songs like ‘American Tune’ and ‘Graceland’, his…
Music Quiz: Guess Em In Fewer Words
Congratulations to ‘Boom Boom’ Rich Kamermancini, who won for the second week running in last week’s 4×4 quiz. This week it was a lot closer, with a bunch of contestants very close behind his time. This week you need to…
New Music Reviews: Flock of Dimes, Kacy & Clayton & Marlon Williams, and Buck Meek
There’s an Americana theme with these three new releases. Jenn Wasner covers a lot of musical ground with her excellent second record as Flock of Dimes. There’s an unlikely Canadian-New Zealand Americana record from Kacy & Clayton & Marlon Williams,…
Nuggets: Johnny Was A Good Boy by Mystery Trend
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the 2 album set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. Released in 1972, the two-LP set covered American garage rock and psychedelia from the years from 1965-1968, and…
Music Quiz: 4×4 Albums
Congratulations to Baby-You’re-A-Rich-Kamerman who blitzed last week’s quiz, solving the 8 questions in a reality-defying 6 seconds. This week we are looking at another 4×4 grid – we had one about artists a few weeks ago, but this one has…
10 Best Stevie Wonder Songs
Michigan’s Stevland Hardaway Morris started his recording career young – taking the name Little Stevie Wonder, he recorded his first album at the age of 12. His second album, Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius, and his 1963 single…
Music Quiz: Group Clicking
We had a smaller turnout than usual in last week’s parentheses quiz, but it was again won by a Jim (but just one this week, unlike last week’s two-Jim tie). Congratulations to Jim the Music Enthusiast. This week’s quiz is…
10 Worst Songs of the 1990s
It’s easy to look back at the 1990s with rose-coloured spectacles. You may assume that the charts were dominated by respected and cutting-edge acts like Nirvana and Nas. But like every decade, plenty of less illustrious artists sold truckloads of…
Nuggets: Stop! Get A Ticket by Clefs of Lavender Hill
Before he became Patti Smith’s lead guitarist, Lenny Kaye compiled the two-LP set, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. Released in 1972, the two-LP set covered American garage rock and psychedelia from the years from 1965-1968, and was…
