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Category: Music

My 500th blog post!

25/03/2021 nsford 29 Comments

Since I started this blog in 2018, I’ve gained over 2000 subscribers (thank you, all!) and had nearly 30,000 views.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Film & TV, Music, Reading, Theatre Filed under: blogging, reading, reviews

Review of ‘Perfect Sound Whatever’ by James Acaster

28/02/2021 nsford 4 Comments

The greatest year for music? I think 1967 is a strong contender. Maybe 1979 or 1986. For comedian James Acaster,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Music Filed under: books, James Acaster, music, non-fiction, reviews

Some favourite cover versions

24/02/2021 nsford 11 Comments

Cover versions are tricky things. They can be brilliant, or they can be terrible. I’m not a fan of covers…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music

10 Beatles songs to ‘help’ you out

22/11/2020 nsford 12 Comments

Do you find yourself in ‘times of trouble’? Do you need ‘help’? Then ‘lend me your ears’ and I’ll tell…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: music, The Beatles

My favourite albums #5: ‘NOW That’s What I Call Music! 35’

16/11/2020 nsford 11 Comments

Ah, the NOW album. That wonderful compendium of the latest chart hits, aiming to please everybody and guaranteed to please…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Björk, Crowded House, Dina Carroll, Faithless, Healy & Amos, Lighthouse Family, music, Ocean Colour Scene, Pulp, reviews, Shed Seven, Strike

Why 5ive were the best 90s ‘boy band’

07/11/2020 nsford 18 Comments

Well, there goes my street cred. Hey, are you still here? Then welcome to this random post about 5ive (or…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: 5ive, culture, music, random

Some favourite things from 1988

25/10/2020 nsford 25 Comments

1988 is the year I entered the world, along with other famous people such as Adele, Rihanna, Haley Joel Osment…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Music, Random, Reading Filed under: books, Crowded House, films, Martin Handford, music, Philip Larkin, reading, Recoil, Roald Dahl, Talk Talk, Terry Pratchett, TV

My favourite albums #4: Depeche Mode – ‘Violator’

17/09/2020 nsford 6 Comments

I’m in love with this album. All the elements of it are perfect. The songs were written by Martin Gore,…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Depeche Mode, music, reviews

Sheet music review: ‘Radiohead – The Piano Songbook’

11/08/2020 nsford 17 Comments

I realise this is a very niche book to review on my blog. How many of my readers play the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Music Filed under: books, music, Radiohead, reviews

My favourite albums #3: Kraftwerk – ‘The Man-Machine’

08/07/2020 nsford 7 Comments

The German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk had a robotic / futuristic city concept going on for their seventh album, Die…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: Kraftwerk, music, reviews

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