Middle of the Road by Ross Wilson
Middle of the Road I’ll ha’e nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur Extremes meet – it’s the only way I ken To dodge the curst conceit o’ bein’ richt That damns the vast majority o’ men. – Hugh M ...
Let’s Declare It: The Music Genre Has Expired
Townes Van Zandt summed up music when he stated, “All music is folk music, because it’s just folk making it”. Anyone who follows my Twitter (‘X”) account will no doubt be aware that my tastes are ecle ...
Lost In Music with George Paterson 21.07.24
Listen to the right thing... Show #299 Gloria - The SnutsBoogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of HoneyI Will Be There - Crooked Timbers (ft. Nina Reid)I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet UndergroundTank! - ...
Almost an apology by Simon Rees
Almost an apology In his last weeks I visit my father yellowed by medicine dying more quickly now leaning against the range heating his backside nursing his coffee I breathe leap into th ...
Earthworms by Gordon Meade
Earthworms for Geoff Wood Earthworms, it seems, are made of tongues, and are able to taste with every inch of their writhing bodies. What a life of joy they must have, and a life of horror, ...
Into Live Music Review: The Countess of Fife
Concert: Countess of FifeVenue: Edinburgh, Cabaret VoltaireDate: 7 June 2024 I would love to say I was a punk rocker but I wasn’t. The seismic shifts in the musical landscape that punk created were ...
Into Poetry Is Born
‘The people need poetry that will be their own secret / To keep them awake forever’. So wrote Osip Mandelstam, the great Russian-language poet who perished under Stalin. It seems almost quaint now to ...