almost every formidable musical memory i have involves being in the car. music was the fabric of my family – my parents both played music and met on the music scene in santa fe in the 1970s. music literally made me; without it they would not have met and i would not exist. one of …
Category: Music
records
amazing how it fades in. on vinyl, you can't rewind, and the main point of the listening is not so much even the music, but the journey. there is no backtracking to the nostalgic songs. no skipping the ones you don't prefer. no pause button. writing, i want to put a song on repeat, because …
annabel
overcoming the voices in you that tell you you aren't good enough. that you are terrible. where do these voices come from? childhood wounds. something someone said once. can i learn to harmonise? i asked, age 8ish. no, you can't even sing. what did she say? you need to be able to at least sing …
music, now and then
1996. i am in my bedroom. fifteen years old, and i have lit a gardenia-scented candle. loose-leaf notebook paper, some of it scrawled on in my semi-illegible handwriting, is spread out on the floor. i'm curled cross-legged on the floor too, a black epiphone everly brothers acoustic guitar resting over one thigh. it was a …
caedmon’s call and the start of 2017
14.35pm new year's day 2017 south of york station, virgin east coast service to london's king's cross not listening to caedmon's call, but felt's 'forever breathes the lonely word' i didn't go to whitby in search of caedmon. in fact, i had no idea there was a connection between the little english north sea-side town …
a bit o’ bluegrass
it seems no matter where i go in this world, i always need some good americana music to keep my soul in shape. perhaps it has something to do with being lugged around to bars as a baby, falling asleep on the floor while my mom and dad were sound checking with their various bands …
5 great albums for travel writing
A list of five great albums to for travel writers to listen to while they work.
