Out Of The Game

Greetings from sunny Barcelona, and thanks a mil for all your kind wishes, friends. Settling in nicely here, but as our internet connection is still sketchy at best it'll be a while before normal business will be resumed. Please bear with me. In the meantime, here's a fine fine dirge from the new record by happy Len.

Leonard Cohen - Leaving The Table

Home To Stay

Public service announcement: you'll have to do without me for a while, folks. For The Sake Of The Song will soon be hosted out of new headquarters, as we're finally moving back to my beloved Barcelona next week. Exile is over, high time for new beginnings. I'll check in as soon as everything's connected once again in the ciudad condal, promise. Meanwhile, here's the one and only starsailor, and he's spot on as usual.

Tim Buckley - Coming Home To You (Peel version)

Hurrah!

This just in: rather surprisingly, the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 was awarded today to Bob Dylan, 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'. He is the first songwriter to have won the prize. Not bad for 'just a song and dance man'...

Bob Dylan - Changing Of The Guards

Hellfire

Care for a trademark Helios Creed guitar assault from back in '82? Alien doom and gloom in overdrive.

Chrome - Armageddon

Solid Rock

Really liked this Dylan tribute cd which came with the July issue of Mojo magazine, but totally forgot to provide you with one of its tracks. So belatedly, here goes, with a delicate interpretation courtesy of the talented Kevin Morby.

Kevin Morby - Temporary Like Achilles

Tough All Over

Just in case you weren't in the know already: there's a new Hiss Golden Messenger album out. And as expected, Heart Like A Levee is another sure-fire winner. Loose and funky, honest and true. Country got soul indeed. Exceptionally well sequenced, too, which seems to be quite a rarity these days. Do try to find the deluxe version, which gives you a splendid extra disc of intimate hotel room recordings called Vestapol.

Hiss Golden Messenger - Biloxi
Hiss Golden Messenger - Blackeyed Boy

Old Friends

Hola, mi amigos da musica. You probably guessed it already: it's six pack time again, so sit back and enjoy the ride. Original artwork as usual by my good friend Tinca. Why isn't she famous yet?

The Kinks - See My Friends
It's All Meat - Make Some Use Of Your Friends
Gregg Allman - All My Friends
Peter Hammill - Just Good Friends
Buzzcocks - Friends Of Mine
Palma Violets - Best Of Friends

Coming Home

Hi de hi campers! Back with a charming portion of jazzy proto-ska from the Island. Simply irresistible.

Azie Lawrence - Jamaica Blues