Review 音 Review January 28, 2015 by Diego Olivas Public Image Limited: Flowers of Romance (1981) John Lydon – 1981 Pretend you never heard of a band called The Sex Pistols. Pretend you’ve never heard of a man… January 28, 2015
Review Review January 26, 2015 by Diego Olivas Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Air á Danser (1981) Now, this is the right time to bring Simon Jeffes’s Penguin Cafe Orchestra back again. Back in 1976, no one was quite… January 26, 2015
Review 音 Review January 23, 2015 by Diego Olivas The Durutti Column: Never Known (1981) The Durutti Column – 1980 Now we’re rounding out to the present. We’re heading into the realm where English folk music goes… January 23, 2015
Review 音 Review January 21, 2015 by Diego Olivas Kate Bush: Breathing (1980) Kate Bush with her Fairlight CMI Sampler. The 80’s presented a perfect turning point for neo-folk music. More so, it signalled a… January 21, 2015
Review 音 Review January 19, 2015 by Diego Olivas Steve Hillage: Garden of Paradise (1979) Miquette Giraudy and Steve Hillage Soundtracking a true visual experience of sorts, “Garden of Paradise” from Steve Hillage’s Rainbow Dome Musick stirred many… January 19, 2015
Review Review January 16, 2015 by Diego Olivas Bert Jansch: Avocet (1979) There’s a struggle whenever you try to invoke something. How exactly do you communicate to someone something they have to imagine? There… January 16, 2015
Review 音 Review January 14, 2015 by Diego Olivas Sally Oldfield: The Sun in My Eyes (1979) Sally Oldfield – 1979 Something that struck me the first time I encountered Sally Oldfield’s Water Bearer was its brilliant album cover.… January 14, 2015
Review 音 Review January 12, 2015 by Diego Olivas (Album of the Month) December 2014: Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (1978) Kate Bush – 1978 Its taking me a while to suss out how I was going to give due diligence to an… January 12, 2015
Review 音 Review January 10, 2015 by Diego Olivas Paul McCartney: Mull of Kintyre (1977) Paul McCartney at Mull of Kintyre Let me set the stage for you. Sometime in 1977, EMI and a young 19-year old… January 10, 2015
Review 音 Review January 8, 2015 by Diego Olivas Duncan Browne: Wild Places (1978) Duncan Browne – 1978 Someone who turned to many places and never found the audience he merited was Duncan Browne. When we… January 8, 2015
Review 音 Review January 6, 2015 by Diego Olivas The Bothy Band: Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1977) The Bothy Band – 1977 Where do we turn next? That’s the question I imagine many new breed neo-folk musicians were asking… January 6, 2015
Review 音 Review January 3, 2015 by Diego Olivas John Martyn: Black Man at Your Shoulder (1977) John Martyn – 1977 Talk about a meeting of worlds. At the intersection of Echo and Delay, in 1977 met John Martyn… January 3, 2015