Diary of Musical Thoughts

The lineup this year didn't look too exciting to me, I could take a pass on two of the three headliners, but Glastonbury is probably the...

It had been a while since I last heard "Berlin" in its entirety.  I felt as though I was hearing it through a set of fresh ears, a...

Smiths bassist Andy Rourke passed away last weekend at the far too young age of 59.  I never cease to be amazed by how young the band was in...

1972.  Vicky Leandros, "Apres toi" (Luxembourg) A workmanlike entry but nothing more, co-written by the same lyricist (Yves Dessca...

Eurovision is on, and I am back after a four year hiatus to continue (finally) with this project! 1970.  Dana, "All Kinds of Everything...

So many thoughts about Gordon Lightfoot ... "If You Could Read My Mind" just may be the greatest song ever written, and if it'...

This box set collects six albums by six giants of 50's rock and roll and R&B.  Don't be misled by commenters arguing about the g...

Before listening to this recording with the Staatskapelle Dresden, I was aware of the criticism surrounding Giuseppe Sinopoli's conducti...

I wrote a post last year in memory of the late Andy Fletcher, but it might as well have been a eulogy for the entire band.  Little did I kn...

Fourteen months after the last post in the series, finally, it's the ninth  in a series of albums that I haven't heard in over twent...