BlakeJun 13, 20205 min read1971 - "The light that burns twice as bright burns only half as long"I thought I’d give a bit of background to the songs on 1971. As I mentioned previously, I wrote them in the first few weeks of the...
BlakeJun 2, 20207 min read1971 - music's greatest year?1971 was the year I was born. It was also the year that Fleetwood Mac released their single ‘Dragonfly’ (b/w ‘The Purple Dancer’) – one...
BlakeMay 10, 201820 min read"North Circular" by The Bevis FrondMy last post was about Hamell on Trial's "Choochtown", an album that had a profound effect on me when I first heard it in 2002. Ed Hamell...