Aphoristic Album Reviews

Just A Little Lovin’ – Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield began her career in a folk-pop trio The Springfields with her brother Tom. When The Springfields broke up, … Continue Reading Just A Little Lovin’ – Dusty Springfield

Congratulations to Rich, Geoff, and Tony for scoring perfect marks in last week’s quiz on Russian Dolls. I found this … Continue Reading Weekly Music Quiz – Unusual Instruments

English folk rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson had a career that resembled a soap opera between 1974 and 1982. … Continue Reading Richard and Linda Thompson Albums – Worst to Best

The small city of Dunedin, in the south of New Zealand, produced a lot of great music in the 1980s … Continue Reading Down in Splendour by Straitjacket Fits

I’ve been very impressed by Jason Isbell’s last two albums; 2013’s Southeastern and 2015’s Something More Than Free. After sobering … Continue Reading Hope the High Road by Jason Isbell

Germany’s Can were too ahead of their time, and too weird, to enjoy a hit record, but they were hugely … Continue Reading Halleluwah by Can

For some reason I never found Aretha Franklin’s original studio albums in second-hand bins, and for years the only album … Continue Reading A Rose Is Still A Rose by Aretha Franklin

Congratulations to Stephen1001 (https://1001albumsin10years.wordpress.com) for scoring 19/20 in last week’s music quiz, and nailing the very cryptic clue for ‘Dear … Continue Reading Music Quiz – Name the 1990’s Album from the Back Cover

Vigilantes of Love took their name from the New Order song ‘Love Vigilantes’. The band hailed from Athens, Georgia, a … Continue Reading Eleanor by Vigilantes of Love

Welcome to this week’s Music Quiz, the 11th in this series. Congratulations to Rich of https://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/ for his perfect score last … Continue Reading Weekly Music Quiz – Babelfish Beatles

An introduction to this music review blog.

Can you name the famous musician whose initials are starred out in the clue? I like this quiz as it … Continue Reading Quiz #10 – Name The Famous Musician

I’ve been covering Pavement’s albums over the last week or so – revisiting their five albums has helped me to … Continue Reading Pavement (by voting and webpoll)