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A Brexit Britain escapee who now lives in SW France. Wine, cheese and good music are my 'raisons d'être'.
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The First Time: Rick Bayles – The Monkees, Wembley Empire Pool, London, July 1967

April 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2
At the time, nowhere near as cool or trendy as many colleagues’ recent ‘First Times’ featuring the Who, Beatles, and Rolling Stones and, for years, I would claim the first gig I attended was the Small […]
Cajun Corner

Cajun Corner – 10 Cajun/Zydeco Songs That Weren’t Cajun/Zydeco Songs

April 3, 2023 Rick Bayles 7
When I get out and about on my missionary work, preaching the Cajun gospel to unbelievers, the two disparaging comments I hear most often are “The songs are so obscure” and “It’s all sung in French”. […]
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View from Across La Manche #13 – From Our Own Correspondent

March 31, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
There’s a riot going on… It’s been a very lively month here, politically. As I’m sure most people know, Emmanuel Macron survived two No Confidence votes on the evening of March 20th, after he forced his […]
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Interview: Elliott Landy on a new book of The Band photographs and the independence that Kickstarter brings

March 30, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
Capturing images of a unique group of musicians as they created their own genre of music. Elliott Landy is the photographer who will be forever associated with Woodstock. One of the first music photographers to be […]
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I Write the Songs – Susanna Clark

March 24, 2023 Rick Bayles 2
In the month when we celebrate International Women’s Day, it would seem appropriate to shine a light on a songwriter who has often been overshadowed by her husband’s writing. When it comes to songwriting, Guy Clark […]

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The sophomore album from New Haven, Connecticut’s indie-sleaze-inspired quartet. Early 2021, studio footage reveals a minimalist performance, little physical expression, three of the band members partly masked, as befits COVID times. The music is economical: a […]
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