Friday 16 December 2016

Best of 2016

1. David Bowie - Blackstar [Blackstar]
2. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depresion [Sunday]
3. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate [Love & Hate]
4. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool [Glass Eyes]
5. PJ Harvey & The Bad Seeds - The Hope Six Demolition Project [The Community of Hope]
6. Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree [I Need You]
7. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love[Run Sister Run]
8. The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect [Miracle Aligner]
9. DIIV - Is This Is Are [Bent (Roi's Song)]
10. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker [Traveling Light]

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Best of 2016 (MOJO, Uncut, Q...)



Rough Trade (UK, 14th Nov)
1. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
2. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
3. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
4. Mark Pritchard – Under the Sun
5. Charles Bradley – Changes
6. Anohni – Hopelessness
7. Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits
8. Angel Olsen – My Woman
9. Powell – Sport
10. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
MOJO (UK, 22nd Nov)
1 David Bowie – Blackstar
2 Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
4 Lambchop – Flotus
5 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
6 Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
7 Frank Ocean – Blonde
8 Paul Simon – Stranger To Stranger
9 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
10 Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion
Uncut (UK, 22nd Nov)
1 David Bowie – Blackstar
2 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
4 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
5 Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
6 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
7 Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
8 Anohni – Hopelessness
9 Teenage Fanclub – Here
10 Beyonce – Lemonade

Monday 29 August 2016

Lost Gems Compilation

Thanks to great music records labels such as "Light in the Attic" and "Luaka Bop" forgotten genius and neglected musicians have finally found the fame and the acclaim they deserved. Besides some artists that have previously appeared on BloggingStone (see Bill Fay, Rodriguez, Scott Fagan, and Gloria Ann Taylor), here's a few selection:

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
John Martyn - Solid Air
Dave Bixby - Drug Song
Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire
Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day
Caroline Peyton - Try To Be True
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Jim Sullivan - Plain As Your Eyes Can See
Terry Reid - River
Nick Garrie - The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislaus
William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb
Robert Bans - From September To July

  • Nick Drake: Probably the most famous of this selection of forgotten artists. Drake suffered from major depression, and this was often reflected in his lyrics. On completion of his third album, 1972's Pink Moon, he withdrew from both live performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, at the age of 26, Drake died from an overdose of