Either Or
I believe I have catholic taste. Music has always been an evolving journey and Reflecting on this recently I recall discovering The Replacements relatively late on. I think it was via music journalist who lived near our house in the early nineties. The album was Pleased To Meet Me and now that I think about it I haven’t played that album in a good while. On a family holiday in the late 90’s I also fell in love with Paul Westerberg’s Suicaine Gratification, which I’ve just started playing again. I remember talking to someone in the music business about all this and he responded by ‘explaining’ that in the 80’s you were either a fan of The Replacements or REM. It seemed to be a fan of one was to exclude the music of the other. But, in the same way as I had been a fan of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones I kinda loved both bands and still do. In fact all manner of eclecticism is really ok. There is still something truly wonderful about discovering something new that you might fall in love with – even for a short while. I hope there might be such a song on this week’s AC just waiting for you.
The Album
I’m working around the corner from a great record shop. The other day I had a quick spin round but realised I didn’t have the time to either browse or to buy and spend time listening. I will return. In the meantime we had a very quiet weekend where, on a relaxed Saturday morning, I played through Freewheelin Bob Dylan all the way through and found myself asking why I hadn’t done this more. The album – and that is really some album – is such a perfect thing when it all comes together. It’s a great shame that artists seem to think they are improving on it by including up to twenty songs. It should last no longer than 50 minutes and take a small pot of coffee with one refill at most. Artists please correct. We are listening.
On This Week’s AC
Kameron Marlowe was one of the stars of C2C back in March. He played a great show on the Saturday of the festival and we caught up with him for a conversation about his story so far. Kameron’s progress has a familiar theme: early recruit for The Voice but an also ran in the competition. However that experience was enough to start a very successful artist career and Kameron has also recorded duets with the biggest stars on the scene right now: Megan Moroney and Ella Langley.
We’re also disappearing down another rabbit hole this week where we’ll bring you some of the great songs written by Hank Cochran. Perhaps one of the most successful country songwriter of all time Hank Cochrane also has a fascinating back story. If that’s not enough we’ll celebrate the new album by Kacey Musgraves which landed last Friday. All of this in two hours which start at five past eight this Tuesday evening on BBC Radio Scotland or BBC Sounds any time you choose.