Thanks for stumbling upon my retirement project and labour of love, Here Comes The Song. Here you'll find the latest blogs from music fanatics about their favourite songs and the artists who wrote them. It really is about the music that moves us...
Anaïs Mitchell: Another Song Of The Week from my album of 2022
Neil Morton We just had to see out the old year with an extra helping of Anaïs Mitchell. Our Song Of The Week at herecomesthesong.com is...
Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 4
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Robin: Dominie Hooper 2023 should be a landmark year for indie folk singer-songwriter Dominie...
My Top 30 Songs of 2022
Phil Shaw 1 Point Me Toward the Real – Ezra Furman The story of a fragile character re-entering the world after being collected from a...
Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 3
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Meet Me In The Silence: Susan O’Neill Irish singer-songwriter Susan O’Neill’s beguiling vocal and...
Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 2
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Spit Of You: Sam Fender Indie rocker Sam Fender’s piercing observations on his North Shields roots...
Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 1
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK She Sang Songs: Track Dogs Acoustic roots band Track Dogs have named She Sang Songs as one of their...
Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 5
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK 4th Day Prayer: Allison Russell Allison Russell’s first solo album, Outside Child, has made such an...
My Top 20 songs of 2021
Phil Shaw 1 Bloomsday – Samantha Crain Anthem to hope and a glistening beauty from the Choctaw songwriter, taking its title from James...
Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 4
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Bright Star: Anaïs Mitchell Bright Star sounds as if it might be a Christmas single but the Anaïs...
Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 3
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK The Nameless: Jacob and Drinkwater Alt-folk duo Tobias ben Jacob and Lukas Drinkwater have captured...
Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 2
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Soho: vulpes (Maz O’Connor) Inhabiting the alter ego of vulpes, London-based songwriter Maz...
Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 1
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Deserving: John Smith John Smith’s new album The Fray has arrived like vaccine for the soul. The...
A ride called nostalgia: My 20 favourite fairground songs
Phil Shaw The funfair, as distinct from the carnival and circus, has provided a rich seam of material for songwriters. Surprisingly, a...
My Songs of the Year: From Gabriels to Dylan and The Avalanches
Phil Shaw 1: Love And Hate In A Different Time – Gabriels An extraordinary song for momentous times from the Los Angeles trio. Yes, there...
Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 3
When Rosanne Cash sings ‘Deliver me from tweets and lies’, there can be only one person she has in mind. But her timely new track, Crawl…
Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 2
Rhiannon Giddens always sings passionately about racial and social injustice, from slavery to civil rights. Now she takes on the gaslighters
From Aretha to Nina via The Czars: My top 50 greatest cover versions
Cover versions can be divisive, among bands as well as fans; I recall Graham Nash fleeing The Hollies over their decision to record an LP of
Boss class: My fifty favourite songs by Bruce Springsteen
Inspired by a recent Guardian piece by Alexis Petridis, listing the best 50 Bob Dylan songs, here is my (very subjective) top half-century…
Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 1
In My Room: a perfect title to describe the humble songwriter’s location of necessity during the global shutdown. From their rooms they've…




















