Archive | June, 2008
Oliver Schroer playing

Listening to: Oliver Schroer, Camino

The medieval concept and practice of pilgrimages stretching over months or even years – to Jerusalem, Rome or Santiago de Compostela – sits uneasily with today’s package tours and motorised travel. For the original pilgrims, though the destination (both physical and metaphysical) was important, the journey was the thing, with all its physical hardships, the [...]

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Old 97s Blame it on Gravity

Listening to: Old 97′s, Blame it on Gravity

I love this band. They’ve gone through many changes over the years, but there’s always something musical and inspiring to discover in their records. I’ve never seen them play live, but their 2005 live album, Alive and Wired, suggests they’re a “smoking” live act (as the sleeve notes say). Old 97′s are from Texas and [...]

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