Folk
4 songs I’m listening to – old and new
Corrina, Corrina – Bob Dylan This traditional 12 bar blues song gets a fantastic folk revamp from Bob. It’s one of my favourites from his early era. His voice has a smooth honky-tonk tone to it, and the harmonica passages actually complement the song instead of discordantly screeching over apocalyptic protest lyrics. This is not […]
Autumn and Nick Drake
Every autumn l descend into a blind hero worship of Nick Drake. I don’t know why this happens. It’s been an annual tradition since I was about sixteen but I only realised last year. As I found myself neurotically compiling a Nick Drake playlist to reflect my affected state of autumnal blues, I noticed I’d […]
