a girl called eddy - love actually

I know I'm far from alone in my distaste for that supposed classic Christmas movie Love Actually . In fact, I'd ...

best of 2019 (+ bonus: best of 2018!)

Welcome back to the blog for another year - and decade! I hope 2020 is finding you content and well. If not – well, ...

2017: a musical odyssey (part one)

8tracks tips  |  Spotify version | View image Okay, so it's nearly March, which probably makes ...

coming up roses

One of the absolute best albums of the year is Rose Elinor Dougall's Stelullar . Released January this year, ...

noël à deux

I love a good depressing seasonal tune, and it doesn't much bleaker than one set in a desolate, ...

françoise hardy's hit parade, 1966

While flipping through my collection of vintage French magazines the other day, I came across an interesting little ...

sounds of 2016

It's my first post of the new year and, though late to the game, I wanted to share my favourite music from last ...

la résistance

Like so many, I am angry, confounded, saddened by the state of the world. 2016 just keeps kicking us in the arse. I ...

that's no way to say goodbye

So long, Leonard. Thank you for the achingly beautiful words and music. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye ( Live at ...