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    Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 2
    • 4 days ago

    Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 2

    Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK The Weight: Mavis Staples & Levon Helm If the 1978 live album The Last Waltz featured the...
    234 views
    Songs Of The Week 2022: Take 1
    • Mar 26

    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...
    503 views
    Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 5
    • Dec 24, 2021

    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...
    90 views
    My Top 20 songs of 2021
    • Dec 16, 2021

    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...
    218 views
    Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 4
    • Dec 13, 2021

    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...
    313 views
    Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 3
    • Sep 25, 2021

    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...
    348 views
    Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 2
    • Jun 27, 2021

    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...
    314 views
    Songs Of The Week 2021: Take 1
    • Mar 27, 2021

    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...
    460 views
    A ride called nostalgia: My 20 favourite fairground songs
    • Feb 27, 2021

    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...
    2,990 views
    My Songs of the Year: From Gabriels to Dylan and The Avalanches
    • Dec 24, 2020

    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...
    779 views
    Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 3
    • Dec 19, 2020

    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…
    630 views
    Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 2
    • Aug 30, 2020

    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
    542 views
    From Aretha to Nina via The Czars: My top 50 greatest cover versions
    • May 16, 2020

    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
    582 views
    Boss class: My fifty favourite songs by Bruce Springsteen
    • Apr 27, 2020

    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…
    2,446 views
    Songs Of The Week 2020: Take 1
    • Apr 17, 2020

    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…
    508 views
    Oddball's Coming Home: 10 leftfield songs about sport
    • Feb 17, 2020

    Oddball's Coming Home: 10 leftfield songs about sport

    A 1968 single by Townshend, Daltrey, Entwhistle and Moon, and a relative flop which peaked at No25, Dogs is about greyhound racing, beer…
    122 views
    Songs Of The Week 2019: Take 2
    • Dec 29, 2019

    Songs Of The Week 2019: Take 2

    We all need a harmonious new year after the dissonance of 2019, and who better to provide a message of hope and empathy than The Secret Sis…
    375 views
    Dolly, the Cameroon connection and the power of storytelling
    • Jul 31, 2019

    Dolly, the Cameroon connection and the power of storytelling

    Cameroon’s Bamenda Highlands is a vibrant, verdant region awash with life. Rust-red tracks cut through mountainous forests that brim with…
    77 views
    Songs Of The Week 2019: Take 1
    • Jul 8, 2019

    Songs Of The Week 2019: Take 1

    The Boss takes a quiet slip road off E Street, transporting me back to Friday night treats in the late 50s-early 60s watching cowboy films…
    520 views
    Songs and gongs of 2018
    • Dec 27, 2018

    Songs and gongs of 2018

    Our final Song Of The Week of 2018 is an encore from Anderson East's album of that name, the southern soul ballad This Too Shall Last…
    648 views
    Six of the best from our 2017 Songs Of The Week playlist
    • Dec 30, 2017

    Six of the best from our 2017 Songs Of The Week playlist

    We at Here Comes The Song have bombarded contributors, subscribers, readers and listeners with our Songs Of The Week by Twitter, Facebook…
    138 views
    'Tis the season to be different: an alternative festive playlist
    • Dec 16, 2017

    'Tis the season to be different: an alternative festive playlist

    Presenting an alternative festive playlist… to show there's more to Christmas music than Noddy Holder, Roy Wood, Shakin’ Stevens and that…
    191 views
    Flipside of The Beatles: From The Liverbirds to Rory Storm
    • Oct 9, 2017

    Flipside of The Beatles: From The Liverbirds to Rory Storm

    The so-called Swinging Sixties weren’t just about The Beatles. No, no, no. Here are some of the finest – and perhaps less obvious – among…
    285 views
    Indelible mark of Zevon: 10 more from the songwriter's songwriter
    • Aug 14, 2017

    Indelible mark of Zevon: 10 more from the songwriter's songwriter

    Surreal, darkly comic tale of revenge from the 1978 album Excitable Boy and the last song Warren Zevon played live, on The Late Show with…
    261 views
    They say it's your birthday: 10 songs for a best wishes list
    • Jul 17, 2017

    They say it's your birthday: 10 songs for a best wishes list

    From their debut album Life’s Too Good. The Icelandic band fronted by Bjork are classed as alternative/indie; it's certainly alternative but
    1,017 views
    London Recalling: 10 songs with capital locations in their title
    • Apr 11, 2017

    London Recalling: 10 songs with capital locations in their title

    There are fine homages to the pretty hilltop spot in NW3 by Madness and John and Beverley Martyn, but the former Mr Kate McGarrigle edges it
    200 views
    The name-droppers: 10 songs that put the list into playlist
    • Mar 22, 2017

    The name-droppers: 10 songs that put the list into playlist

    This strange 1991 single by the Irish indie band A House starts with the ‘singer’ recalling a quote: ‘All art is quite useless according to…
    153 views
    Meet The Parentheses: 10 songs with brackets in the title
    • Mar 15, 2017

    Meet The Parentheses: 10 songs with brackets in the title

    History tells us the Faces were falling apart by 1974, brought low by Ronnie Lane’s departure. Tellingly, for this final single they were…
    775 views
    Welcome Mr Trump: A Playlist For The New President
    • Jan 19, 2017

    Welcome Mr Trump: A Playlist For The New President

    ‘There are those who build walls,’ sings Browne on Standing On The Breach, ‘and those who open doors.’ Don’t know which person or what part…
    273 views
    Wish They Were Still Here: Cherished Songs Of The Departed
    • Jan 19, 2017

    Wish They Were Still Here: Cherished Songs Of The Departed

    One of the all-time great storytellers, the Texan elder statesman paints extraordinary pictures about ordinary people and situations. This…
    191 views
    Got It Covered: My 10 Favourite Renditions
    • Jan 18, 2017

    Got It Covered: My 10 Favourite Renditions

    One of the greatest pop songs of all time by one of the greatest singers covering yet another all-time great in Otis Redding. It couldn’t…
    388 views

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