End of year list (?)

The season for end of year lists has already started, I see. I quite like them, but I’m not going…

Where’s the blog gone…?

Posts here got sparse during the pandemic, then focussed on one idea – a track a week – through last…

This category is just me revisiting some recordings that meant a lot. It’s an idea I toyed with last year,…

This blog being in a state of benign(?) neglect, I can’t see that I’ve posted any of the CD reviews…

The London jamboree was back on full song this year, and we succumbed to temptation – in contrast to 2021…

Swanage had a few travails even before the pandemic so it was good to see the festival bounce back after…

I came to a stop last time with Roger Scruton’s declaration that there is nothing to be learned about music…

Do gibbon duets work up a kind of proto-musical call and response? With the ear of faith, perhaps. But of…

Almost certainly unnecessary continuity note: held this piece until I’d written some more, but I haven’t. So posting now, and…

Thought of missing a week, because of wars and stuff, but trying to keep this regular for now. Consequently, what’s…

Can one get a bit deeper into how this bit of music produces its effects? Others think so, so I’ll…