Category Archives: Bach

A Sailor’s Life

Posted on 04/05/2011 by dougaj4

A Sailor’s Life was recorded by Fairport Convention in 1968 and marks the transition of the group from a pale copy of the American West Coast sound to an original and innovative re-interpreter of British folk songs.  At the time … Continue reading →

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The Weaver and the Factory Maid

Posted on 02/04/2011 by dougaj4

This is an old Steeleye Span song, a favourite of mine, cleverly combining two 19th century weavers songs. The You Tube presentation is noteworthy for two rareities, a video that adds something to the song, and a collection of mostly … Continue reading →

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Seeing through Mingus eyes

Posted on 28/01/2011 by dougaj4

At the top of Bob Phillips’ Blog home page is a quote from Charles Mingus, the great jazz bassist, band leader and composer: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity” If Bob hadn’t … Continue reading →

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coffeescup a.k.a. lemonflower

Posted on 14/11/2010 by dougaj4

Browsing for anything new on You Tube I come across a cover of Anne Briggs’ “Go Your Way”.  Typical You Tube home produced standard, jerky out of sync video, dim lighting, adjust the controls before the song starts, yawn … … Continue reading →

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Danny Thompson & Zoe Rahman …

Posted on 10/11/2010 by dougaj4

… playing an instrumental version of Nick Drake’s “One of These Things First” this year at The Barbican in London. I think this is just amazing, wish I’d been there. And the original from Nick Drake:

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