Song: Hesitating Beauty Artist: Billy Bragg & Wilco Year: 1998 After witnessing Billy Bragg perform at a Woody Guthrie tribute concert in New York’s Central Park in 1992, Guthrie’s daughter Nora approached the singer-songwriter come activist with an interesting proposition:… Continue Reading
Song: The Killing Moon Artist: Echo and The Bunnymen Year: 1984 Often described by Ian McCulloch as “the greatest song ever written,” the Echo and the Bunnymen singer’s praise for ‘The Killing Moon’ reached sacred proportions in 2008 when he… Continue Reading
29th November 2014 Plucked from internet obscurity just two short years ago when the self-produced YouTube postings of James Bagshaw and Thomas Walmsley caught the attention of Heavenly Records, psychedelic rock revivalists Temples have since emerged as one of Britain’s… Continue Reading
Song: The Killing of Georgie (Part I & II) Artist: Rod Stewart Year: 1976 From Rod Stewart’s seventh album A Night on the Town, ‘The Killing of Georgie’ is a fine example of narrative lyricism and, in the less liberal… Continue Reading
For Chicago rock band The Orwells, 2014 was the year in which their star truly began to ascend; January saw an eventful appearance on US talk show ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ where a rowdy performance was embraced by… Continue Reading
Song: Marie Provost Artist: Nick Lowe Year: 1978 After reading a copy of Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, a prevaricating gossip rag first published in the USA in 1965, British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe was inspired to pen a commemoration of the… Continue Reading
Song: If I Can Dream Artist: Elvis Presley Year: 1968 “Elvis died the day he joined the army” was the purported response from John Lennon when pressed for comment sometime after The King of Rock n Roll’s death in August… Continue Reading
Song: It Was a Good Day Artist: Ice Cube Year: 1993 As an 11 year old boy quietly living a gentle existence in the meek Bristolian suburbs of Stoke Lodge, it was only a matter of time before the chronic… Continue Reading