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Abigail Devoe
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Alan Hull's Pipedream
53 years ago, a Geordie genius recorded a forgotten classic. This is the story of Alan Hull and his Pipedream.
6 days ago25 min read


There's a Riot Goin' On
“Dying young is hard to take, selling out is harder.”
Feb 1622 min read


Live/Dead: The Grateful Dead in 1969
“Every night when we walk onstage, our first solemn duty is to abandon reason. We do that with remarkable aplomb and from there unexpected stuff is easier to discover.” – Bob Weir
Feb 920 min read


The Loves and Songs of Leonard Cohen
Leonard and all his muses: women, men, and gods.
Jan 2625 min read


I Was Born Then I Was Dead: Can - Tago Mago
Enter the realm of Tago Mago, the most lucid sleepwalk you’ve ever had.
Jan 1921 min read


The Velvet Underground and Nico
“Musically, the Velvets are the daddies of us all…”
Dec 22, 202526 min read


The Marble Index/The Second Nico
“The marble index of a mind for ever, Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”
Dec 15, 202518 min read


John Cale - Paris 1919
Or: a love letter to the fish who swims down.
Dec 8, 202519 min read


Villains, Monsters, and Lou Reed's Berlin
“If I hadn’t done it, I’d have gone crazy.”
Dec 1, 202519 min read


Patti Smith - Horses, 50 Years Later
Do you want to shatter the sky?
Nov 17, 202522 min read




Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Zuma, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago today, Neil Young celebrated the end of his trial-by-fire years and the return of Crazy Horse.
Nov 12, 202521 min read


Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(Re)-introducing Neil Young.
Nov 3, 202518 min read


Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, 30 Years Later
"Believe in me as I believe in you..."
Oct 20, 202522 min read


The Byrds, Fifth Dimension, and 'Eight Miles High'
“Nobody was prepared for that kind of dimension.”
Oct 13, 202519 min read


Larks' Tongues in Aspic: King Crimson the Mystic
“Possibly you readers will be reading this and think it’s a load of garbage – spells don’t possibly work. I’ve had a couple done for me, and I can tell you they work.”
Oct 6, 202519 min read




The Meddle Children, Part 4: Obscured By Clouds
If “Echoes” at Pompeii is the father of Dark Side of the Moon, Obscured By Clouds is the mother.
Sep 26, 202516 min read




The Meddle Children, Part 2: Atom Heart Mother
“We were saying, ‘Why?’, but the band were like, ‘Why not?’”
Sep 19, 202519 min read
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