Category Archives: Music

It’s easy to see how Iron Maiden was influenced by these guys.

These guys were the Beatles of Spain in the late ‘60s. I can’t get this tune of theirs out of my head.

From Spirit’s album Farther Along (1976), with vocals by Randy California, a man whose short life appears to have been lived fully.

Steely Dan’s Walter Becker has died at the age of 67. Now, let’s listen to one of the most perfect albums ever made, Aja (1977).

The striking video to this rare Stones tune, directed by Michael Lindsay Hogg, is quite good and rather haunting. It’s as if Bergman or Antonioni were asked to direct a video for the Stones. (Among his earlier work, Hogg had … Continue reading →

From Wikipedia: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105, was the final published symphony of the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius. Completed in 1924, Symphony No. 7 is notable for being a one-movement symphony, in contrast to the standard symphonic … Continue reading →

In exploring the recesses of prog rock, I’ve been unable to get into Soft Machine, a very influential English prog rock band and one of the founders of the Canterbury scene, as I find their music too dissonant for my … Continue reading →