That’s hyperbole – not so much lost more carefully stored away in a tape archive but never previously released. This track, ‘Time Song‘ has been heard before though, it was played at a concert celebrating the UK’s entry into the European Common Market in 1973. That landmark event of course evolved into a long and fruitful association with our fellow European Union partners, a state of fraternal bliss that we’ll continue to enjoy for another seven-ish months. So it’s timely that this song should reappear now, and it’s an apt teaser for the upcoming 50th anniversary release of ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ which is out on BMG on October 26th. The wistful ‘Time Song‘ will be among the bonus tracks. That it could also be a teaser for a few Kinks gigs is, perhaps, too much to hope for. Stranger things have happened though.
Ray Davies return with his first album in a decade, if we discount the various Kinks collaborations and choral reworking. It stands as a testament that everything changes and nothing changes since Working Man’s Café dropped as the newly knighted Sir Ray turns his attention to the country which has…
With musical festivals folding recently under the threat of high winds and heavy rain, Neil Nathan offers a more bucolic experience of the East Anglian coastline. The New York singer-songwriter has a great affection for the Suffolk town, and this song is a veritable recreation of a stroll around its…
The Waymores are Willie Heath Neal and Kira Annalise, a married couple from Atlanta who have a couple of albums to their name and a new one 'Greener Pastures' upcoming. The singing, songwriting and guitar-playing duo met 15 years ago at a bar in their home state of Georgia. "We…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?