Playlist: Covers 5
It used to be assumed that decent cover versions were few and far between - but the fact that we are now on to our fifth set of covers,...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 14
R.E.M. at the Songwriter's Hall of Fame: the comet moment
Last night, the four original members of R.E.M. were back together one more time, receiving their induction into the Songwriter's Hall of...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 9
It's All About The Bass
After focusing on my favourite drummers a few months back, this time it is all about the bass. The bass player is often the hardest...
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jamesgeraghty
Jun 1
Playlist: Geography 7 - Europe
Yes, it's time for another playlist, and this time we are off to mainland Europe. Here we have ten more interesting (well, eleven...
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jamesgeraghty
May 18
Playlist: Something Fruity
Most songs written have fallen into one theme or another - there have been songs about love, day and night, good and bad, life and...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 30
Playlist: A to Z of the 1980s
It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 14
Playlist: Covers 4
For this playlist it's time to delve back into the cupboard of cover versions. We all know there are plenty of terrible and mediocre...
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jamesgeraghty
Apr 9
Reckoning at 40: Welcome to Little America
It is often written that bands who put out a critically well received debut album, then face the daunting prospect of the 'dreaded second...
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jamesgeraghty
Mar 9
The I.R.S. Playlist
Don't fret if you are an American reading this - we are not doing ten songs about the US taxman! This is I.R.S. Records, founded in 1979...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 17, 2023
Happy 65th - Mike Mills!
On this day in 1958, Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California. He would go on to be the bass player in perhaps one of...
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jamesgeraghty
Nov 27, 2023
The Engine Room
So, everyone's gone through a period where they really wished they could drum in a rock band; where they've been sitting in a pub and...
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jamesgeraghty
Oct 22, 2023
Geography Playlist 5: Texas
With a family member currently visiting us from the Lone Star State - what better time to pull together another great playlist for you....
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 31, 2023
Playlist: Ultimate 80s
The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...
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jamesgeraghty
Dec 3, 2022
Geography Playlist 3: Georgia
For this geographically themed playlist, we are going, somewhat topically, given that it is the current centre of US political focus - to...
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jamesgeraghty
Sep 27, 2022
Playlist: Bad Weather
Well, it's getting to that time of year where it is tending to get a bit damp and dribbly outside - so what better way to mark that than...
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jamesgeraghty
Jul 21, 2022
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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jamesgeraghty
Jun 5, 2022
The 'mystery' extras: those people in bands that make up the numbers
There have been many musicians over time, that are indelibly associated with a particular artist, as a well known side person; Mick...
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jamesgeraghty
May 5, 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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