Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion, Leicester U.K. Part Two
Second part of Kenny Wilson’s gig at the Criterion cut short by the camera battery dying. The first part can be found here Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion Part One
My Favourite Albums of All Time (Part Two)
This is the second part of my favourite albums of all time. You can find the first part here My Favourite Albums of All Time Part One. 6. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison Astral Weeks is unique like many of the albums on my list. I’m not that much of a Van Morrison fan. I find most of his records […]
New Bob Dylan Bootleg Series 10 from the Self Portrait period 1969-71
This is an interesting addition to the Bootleg Series from the much maligned Self Portrait period. I always thought there was more to it than many critics allowed.Time for a reappraisal! Related articles Bob Dylan Unreleased Songs With George Harrison To Surface Bootleg 10 (noise11.com) ArtsBeat: Latest in Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, ‘Another Self Portrait,’ […]
My Favourite Albums of All Time (Part One)
This is a tricky one. I’ve never been that impressed with ‘best of’ lists but I found myself sitting in a hotel room listening to music on my phone and I began thinking about what my favourite (and most influential) albums of all-time were. I say influential because, as some of you know, I am […]
Gigs in Florence, Italy
Gigs I’m doing in Florence, Italy at the end of May.
The Decline of the 1960s Counterculture and the Rise of Thatcherism | Kenny Wilson
In the past few weeks I have been reading widely about the 1960s Counterculture both here and in America. This interest was inspired by two things. Writing an account of My Life in Music, which included my experience of the Counterculture in Leicester, and visiting an exhibition of sculptures by Francis Upritchard at Nottingham Contemporary […]
Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Tempest”
The other day I came across a review of this album on the Guardian web site. Written by Alex Macpherson it is almost totally negative. There is a link to it here: Bob Dylan’s song about the Titanic makes you wish you’d been on board The article shows an almost appalling lack of knowledge of […]
Reflections and Recollections
Have been back a week now and have decided to write about my feelings about visiting New York. The reason I went was to fulfil a long ambition to visit a place that figured large in my imagination and was a place where many things happened that were an influence on me. In my mind […]