Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (3876)

Content

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7.5 (13 Ratings) Rate It

Book

This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark...

Macbeth

Rebekah Owens

(0 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Why write about Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) as part of a series of books dedicated to the...

The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World

David Stirk

(0 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Campbeltown was once the whisky capital of the world with 29 distilleries operating simultaneously...

Anand Wilder recommended Liege & Lief by Fairport Convention in Music (curated)

"My favourite song is 'Farewell, Farewell' which is this beautiful arrangement, awesome songwriting and then Sandy Denny's voice is just so haunting. But that album is masterfully arranged, masterfully recorded and I love the drum sounds. We were always trying to get the drum sounds to be more Fairport - it's so economical but really funky at the same time and they just have a lot of crazy meters that you don't even notice are shifting from 7/8 to 4/4 because it's carried by these strong folk song lyrics and melodies. But that was a big touchstone for us, especially some of the fiddle style parts. I think Richard Thompson is one of the coolest guitarists out there and there's a Richard & Linda Thompson album, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, the title song of which is featured on this HBO show [Enlightened]. I thought. ""Is this a Liz Phair song from 1993, what is this?"" and then you discover it and think this song's fucking awesome. Her voice is definitely not as good as Sandy Denny's but it's probably more suited for that kind of 70s pop rock. But there's also this really great song on that album called 'The Calvary Cross', which could be a Lungfish song. He's just a dude who was way ahead of his time and more interesting than someone like Jimmy Page, who's been played to death and is such a rip-off artist!"

Source

Kudos

Beth Orton recommended Solid Air by John Martyn in Music (curated)

Solid Air by John Martyn

1973 | Folk, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Album Favorite

"I first heard him at about 16, and listening to him was like just doing really good drugs, it was like smoking [laughs]... I felt very moved by his music and when I did, it felt like it was just for me, because it seemed like no-one had ever heard of him. No-one really knew of him that well until - I'd often put his record on and blow people's minds with it. I'm not sure what I meant by it being ""personal"" - it sounds like a good way of not talking about it! - I don't want to repeat myself, but listening to it, I never get bored. If we want to get into the sound of a record, there's some pretty innovative sounds in there, in a way. I think it was quite an adventurous record, really, for a supposed folk singer and I find his songs very moving. The first song I ever sang was 'Don't Want To Know ‘Bout Evil', I did a version with William Orbit, and then one of the first gigs I ever did was supporting John Martyn. I think it was at Queen Elizabeth Hall - I was so happy, and running around with bottles of champagne and was like ""no! He's not drinking them!"" He was pretty grumpy, but it seemed to me had different states of mind - this time, he was in a different place."

Source

Kudos