Posts

Image
    Album Of The Week                                                                   Album Of The Week - 26/09/2026 - Track 5 The final selection from IBM 1401, A User’s Manual is Part 5, The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black. Although the last track on the album, thematically moves away from the user manual part of the album its acts as an epilogue to the work. It’s another truly beautiful piece of music which features electronic and operatic vocals to give the whole piece a real contemporary edge. It is a very haunting and atmospheric end to a compelling and critically acclaimed album. Album Of The Week - 26/09/2026 - Track 4 The penultimate selection from IBM 1401, A User’s Manual is the piece, Part 4/ IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Unit. This is the final part of the actual User Manual suite and li...
Post a Comment
Read more

Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive

Image
   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
Post a Comment
Read more