Over the New Year period, when I was isolating with COVID, I heard this song in a dream, an actual performance by an elderly jazz singer with a band. When I woke up I remembered the chorus and one line of lyrics, plus the bizarre backing vocals and recorded a chorus on my phone. The … Read more
I’ve done a couple of these. I don’t know whether they’re something people like – perhaps they’re interested in words or they can’t make them out. Sometimes I resisted it because songs aren’t poetry, and doing a lyric video may draw too much attention to the words rather than the ‘whole’. I don’t know. I’d … Read more
Having a trawl through my archive vault deep underground, protected by fearsome robot warriors and smelling faintly of disinfectant, I came across this from The Village pub in Leith a couple of Christmases ago. Three quiet acoustic cover versions of songs I’d loved for a long time but never played until that night. The songs: … Read more
The year has just turned. Even though it’s still daylight at 10pm, what better time to do another Twilight Show? This one is a cover of a song by Mick Bennett, recorded by Clive’s Original Band on their wonderful 1972 album Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart. This is a first-take … Read more
I asked on Facebook for requests before this session. I got one for a song going back to the 1970s which I didn’t even remember existed. And one for a cover version of an Arabic song which I learned from some Algerian students in the early 1980s. And like a trouper, I relearned them! Cherchez … Read more
Last week’s livestream with Homesongs4Life finally overcame some of the audio and video glitches that I’ve had with previous streams on that and other channels. Here is is – four songs: something old – New Eyes from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon album something new – A Careless Blow – one of the songs … Read more