Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. It feels strange to place the names of Willie Colón and former Prince Andrew side by side in a single title. Colón is mentioned…
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Took The Children Away (1990) – Archie Roach
I first heard about Archie through my guitar player, Steve Connolly, who’d seen him on a TV show called Blackout and said, “You gotta hear this guy.” We wanted to do something special for our Hamer Hall show in 1990…
Tagged with: archie roach, charcoal lane, David Bridie, paul kelly, stolen generaton, took the children away
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Solid Ground (2024) – Gaby Moreno
So there I was the other day watching a film, and during the ads I did what I often do – a bit of channel hopping. My last stop is usually the film & arts channel. There I landed on…
This is England (2006) – Shane Meadows (Friday’s Finest)
This Is England is a historical fiction coming-of-age drama set in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s England. It centres on a troubled 12-year-old boy, Shaun, who lives with his widowed mother, Cynthia, in the East Midlands of England. Both are trying to…
Tagged with: Ludovico Einaudi, Shane Meadows, Stephen Graham, this is england
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
It Never Rains (1982) – Dire Straits
It Never Rains is another long rock epic for which Dire Straits became known. It follows a familiar pattern: a slow, spacious opening built around piano and organ chords, then a gradual build toward extended guitar work near the end.…
Before We Were Free (2002) – Julia Alvarez
My Wednesday literature segment returns, featuring an excerpt from Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, which I finished reading yesterday. If you enjoy dabbling in books, feel free to join me on Goodreads [here]. My reading has been slow…
Tagged with: before we were free, dictatorship, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, Rafael Trujillo
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
After the Gold Rush (1970) – Neil Young
After the Gold Rush is a moving piano ballad and the title track from Young’s third studio album. Not to take anything away from some of Neil Young’s more epic and guitar-driven songs, but I have always found that when…
Northern Star (1999) – Melanie C
My favourite Spice Girl is back after a short break. Known as Mel C (Sporty Spice) in the Spice Girls, she records as Melanie C as a solo artist. The last song I featured here, Never Be the Same Again,…
Too Low For Zero (1983) – Elton John
The title track is not only my number one from the record, but one of my all-time favourite Elton songs. Having my own dips and doubts, I relate to it a lot and I like where it takes me. You…
I Give It All To You (1982) – Kenny Marks
If I could journey back through timeAnd gather all I once called mineI know today that You would findIt all belongs to You I Give It All To You is a contemporary Christian song from the late American Christian singer-songwriter…
