"How many folk singers does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change the bulb and the other to write a song about how good the old one was.As you might have gathered from reading this blog, being an ageing expat living on the other side of..."

"Fern KnightGenre: Psychedelic / Folk Rock / GothicFrom: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Fillet of Circulus and Fenny SnakeIn the Cauldron boil and bake;Eye of Banhart, Toe of Frogge,Wool of Fairport, and Tongue of Dogge,String Band Fork, and Blind-worm's Sting,Newsom leg, and Espers wing,For a Charm of powerful troubleLike a Hell-broth..."

"Both the new EP, "Sun Giant" and the forthcoming debut full-length "Ragged Wood" are simply gorgeous. Wait, they're not SIMPLY gorgeous...they are UTTERLY gorgeous. The band describes their music as "baroque harmonic pop jams", and I can't think of a more accurate description than that. Soaring, reverb-drenched vocal harmonies melting..."

"I very rarely develop crushes on the subjects of songs. There is, of course, the girl from "Underwhelmed" by Sloan. Every guy knows her. Every guy has a crush on her. Every guy never does anything about it. But then there's "Suzanne", that purveyor of earthy sadness who may feed..."

"Diangle just shared some new-to-me Family footage from 1971’s Glastonbury festival.  I had been unaware that so many giants played there (Gong, Fairport Convention and Arthur Brown, to name a few) and was awed at the great Glastonbury Fayre documentary.  Italy's Akarma has pricey boxed reissues available, but a whole..."