The Ghost Of Tom Joad is a folk rock song by Bruce Springsteen and is the title track from his eleventh studio album released in 1995. It is the second song to feature here from the sessions after Dead Man…
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The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995) – Bruce Springsteen
Tagged with: Bruce Springsteen, john steinbeck, The Ballad of Tom Joad, the ghost of tom joad, the grapes of wrath, Woody Guthrie
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
The Future (1992) – Leonard Cohen
“The Future might as easily have been a book: A more troubling, more vexing image of human failure has not been written.” – Christian Wright (Rolling Stone) The Future by Leonard Cohen is about as bleak as it gets. And…
The Funeral (2006) – Band of Horses
Seattle indie rock band Band of Horses have been around since 2004. By the time their debut album Everything All the Time appeared in March 2006, they already had seen various line-up changes. Singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell (lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, keyboards) was the only remaining…
The Four Seasons (1725) – Antonio Vivaldi
This blog is enjoying a welcome refresh today with a spotlight on the spectacular set of four violin concerti by the Italian Baroque master, Antonio Vivaldi. Known collectively as The Four Seasons, these pieces have transcended time and genre, becoming…
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (1969) – Roberta Flack
I wish more songs I had chosen had moved me the way that one did. I’ve loved [most] every song I’ve recorded, but that one (“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”) was pretty special. — Roberta Flack, The…
7/4/25 – 13/4/25 – Elton John & Rory McIlroy
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Elton celebrates ‘extraordinary’ 10th number one albumArticle and audio interview at BBC news and sound I was delighted to read this news about Elton…
Tagged with: BBC, Brandi Carlile, Elton John, golf, Masters, Rory McIlroy, top of the pops
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Sport and Adventure
Sugar Baby Love (1974) – The Rubettes
In the early 1970s, Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington wrote a number of songs only to have them rejected by every recording artist they sent them to. So, they did what any zealous songwriter would do; they created a band…
Ordinary World (1992) – Duran Duran
I always felt I could relate to so many aspects of this song – Ordinary World – both its lyrics and its sound seem to echo something familiar. The song captures the experience of loss – not just losing someone,…
The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ (1989) – Billy Joel
In “The Downeaster Alexa’”, Billy Joel sings of my beloved Montauk where we vacationed for 34 consecutive summers until Covid hit. Sadly, for various reasons, we have not returned since then. The references in the song to actual places, nautical and…
Sweet Jane (1970) – The Velvet Underground
I had Sweet Jane in my collection, but inexplicably rendered it obsolete for use here. Then when I heard it again yesterday while doing chores I made note to make amends. So here we are today with what Rolling Stone…
