Category Archives: Bach

8 Year Report

Posted on 29/02/2016 by dougaj4

Last years’ statistics for this blog are now uploaded to Onedrive. The link to each post is preserved in the spreadsheet, so it makes a convenient index to what has been posted over the year, and what people are looking at … Continue reading →

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The Big Short and When the Levee Breaks

Posted on 27/01/2016 by dougaj4

The new film the Big Short features Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” in the closing credits. The story of how the complete song (with 1 minute 30 seconds of intro) came to be included in the film is also … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day on the James Craig

Posted on 27/12/2015 by dougaj4

The James Craig is a 19th Century square rigger, restored by the Sydney Heritage Fleet, which makes regular sailings from Sydney Harbour open to the public, including a Boxing Day trip to observe the departing Sydney-Hobart race: The crew (all volunteers) … Continue reading →

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Sean Taylor

Posted on 13/12/2015 by dougaj4

Another excellent UK musician I had never heard of, and judging by the number of YouTube hits, neither have you: Someone comments that John Martyn comes to mind, so maybe this duo is not so surprising: Sean Taylor, Wikipedia Sean … Continue reading →

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John Renbourn; Trotto and English Dance

Posted on 04/11/2015 by dougaj4

A YouTube video of a live performance of John Renbourn’s English Dance was removed some time ago.  The video below features a different performance, so I hope it survives: And from the same source, a recording of a full concert … Continue reading →

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