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Playlist: 10 Songs That Bring Me Joy (welcome to 2026)
Now, I tend to avoid doing Top 10 lists of anything musical, as orders of preference constantly change with moods, time and the like. But as 2025 concludes and 2026 hopefully dawns with some fresh hope and optimism, now seemed like a good time to pull together something a little more meaningful for my first playlist of the year. There were some great things going on in 2025; lots that I am proud of, both personally, and with my family and friends - but, perhaps sounding a tad
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Jan 1


Number 300!
I recently realised that after more than three years of listening, watching and writing (and of course, waffling) about music - I was...
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Sep 21, 2025


Playlist: M*A*S*H* (for Loretta)
M*A*S*H* is undoubtedly one of the greatest television shows ever made - a wonderful blend of great scriptwriting, empathetic acting, a...
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Jun 2, 2025


Songs from 2024
Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...
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Dec 28, 2024


Moon Mirror by Nada Surf (album)
Following on from the intense disappointment of not being able to go and see Nada Surf live last night, owing to a mass outbreak of heavy...
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Nov 24, 2024


Playlist: Going to College
There are many times when I really feel my age - but this last weekend, I really felt it on account of taking my daughter to look at her...
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Jun 17, 2024


The 1st Anniversary 'Happy' Playlist
I'm a little late to my own first anniversary party! It was actually last week, but we had to celebrate Willie Nelson's 90th birthday...
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May 7, 2023


Playlist: Covers 1
I think I can be fairly confident in calling this playlist Covers 1, in that there will almost certainly be at least a part 2. If nothing...
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Jul 21, 2022


Playlist: Colours
An occasional collection of songs suggested for you using a given theme. Today we look at 'Colours' songs. To make it more challenging, I...
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May 5, 2022
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