A sideways glance at the music scene
Every four weeks throughout 2026, I’ll be releasing a new Thirteen Songs playlist – thirteen tracks that capture the mood of the moment. Across the year, that adds up to thirteen playlists, all available on Spotify. Where official videos exist, I’ll include them here too, so you can listen, watch, and follow the project as it unfolds.
I discovered Ellie when she was the support act for Baskery in Devon. One to watch and definitely one to see if you get the chance. Pop – not pop. Folk – not folk. Hard to categorise.
As a massive music fan I’ll be sharing some recommendations and some insight into what floats my boat.
One of the best new acts out there.
It’s been a week. A busy one at work and very little play it seems. It’s been one of the hottest weeks in a long while. Last weekend was spent clearing out the house and garage in preparation for some work we’re having done. By my fourth car load the staff at the dump were…
Now 2024 was a year to remember for Sabrina Carpenter. With the three singles Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste all reaching the number one spot in the UK. All three came from the album Short n’ Sweet. According to Wikipedia the fourth single from the album Bed Chem was sent to Contemporary Hit Radio…
Whenever I get a chance to browse the music in a charity shop, summer fete or even a jumble sale I take the opportunity. The truth is I own more music than I’ll ever find time to listen to but a nice peruse sets my mind at ease and who knows there’s always the chance…
This website – at least the concept of it began at the end of the last decade. A friend of mine had committed suicide and this messed with my head big time. We’d known each other since we were about 11 and spent our school years and beyond in regular contact. He was my best…
The Kang Gang had a string of chart hits in the mid-eighties. This wasn’t one of them.
An absolute classic I bought back in 1984 that I assumed was a massive chart smash but I was mistaken