MUSIC THAT MOVES US

HERE COMES THE SONG

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...

Oct 22, 2018

John Fogerty: Fortunate Son, the song, the memoir, the revival

Neil Morton One song defines the tempestuous musical times of John Fogerty. Not Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising or Born On The Bayou, outstanding rock songs thou...

Aug 11, 2018

Loudon Wainwright III: Liner Notes and The Swimming Song

Neil Morton This summer I swam in the ocean And I swam in a swimming pool Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes I’m a self-destructive fool The wonderfully whimsi...

Nov 20, 2017

The Weight: Testimony to the artistry of Robbie Robertson

Neil Morton Bob Dylan’s prolific songwriting was always bound to have an impact on Robbie Robertson. As the lead guitarist in Dylan’s touring band, The Band,...

Jul 8, 2017

Shawn Colvin: Riding shotgun with a Diamond In The Rough

Neil Morton Shawn Colvin named her 2012 memoir after one of two songs that had persuaded her she could fulfil her ambition of becoming a successful songwrite...

Jan 24, 2017

Rosanne Cash: Composed

Neil Morton Johnny Cash was not alive to see the product of the legacy he had bequeathed his eldest daughter Rosanne. The List was the title of Rosanne Cash’...

Jan 21, 2017

Elvis Costello: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

Neil Morton Has there ever been a musical autobiography so riven with guilt and self-reproach as this? Despite examples of evasion about certain episodes of ...