This is one of Elton John’s most unheralded great latter-career songs. It’s got this irresistible groove and energy, and John is fantastic on the keys. It’s one of my favourite energetic, piano-driven tracks by him, with two great solos thrown…
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White Flag – Dido
(White Flag is) engaging to the extent that you could easily be humming along without it registering in your brain. There’s something unconscious, pleasantly innocuous about it. It’s comfort food for the ears.– Derryck Strachan for BBC Music I like the…
The Story – Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile’s bandmate Phil Hanseroth wrote this song, and it became the title track of her 2007 album. I enjoy hearing it whenever it comes on my music player. It has lots of different guitar textures and, at times, reaches…
White Dress – Kenny Marks
This 1987 song White Dress induces tears in me more easily than any other song. There, I’ve said it. It’s the heartbreakingly beautiful story of a girl growing up in a single-parent household after her father leaves when she is…
Northport Yachting Club
I think going clothes shopping is one of my most difficult assignments, especially when it comes to T-shirts. Seinfeld does a bit about how, at a certain age, men just get bored or nonplussed with the whole charade and decide,…
Where Were You Last Night? – The Traveling Wilburys
The tone of the acoustics on this track is the standout for me here, and combined with that tasty rhythm and the congenial vocal harmonies we’re accustomed to hearing from them, it makes this yet another keeper from the supergroup,…
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Darlington County – Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen and the E Street Band are putting the pedal to the metal in this no-nonsense rocker, with him and his buddy Wayne racing down the highway. It’s one of his purest escapist songs, and you can’t help but be…
Jason Arday death ‘tragedy on so many levels’ says PM – BBC
When I was reading all the credible accusations against Arday over the last week or so, I thought, as terrible as it sounds, I bet he kills himself. The evidence was simply insurmountable. First and foremost, the BBC had reported…
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Seattle – Mark Knopfler
The alluring, melancholic Seattle was released on his 2012 album Privateering. The album was promoted during Knopfler’s North American tour with Bob Dylan later that year. The concerts typically consisted of Knopfler and his band performing an 11-song opening set,…
Po’ Boy – Bob Dylan
I absolutely love the absurdist wit on Po’ Boy. Its whimsical nature, the humour and cheeseball lines get me every time. And the music is so playful, yet somehow also poised and nuanced. I’m starting to sound like a broken…
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