However, no matter the achievement or glitzy accolade, James Bay isn’t willing to rest on his laurels, and that’s easy to understand when you look at his background. From the age of 11 years old, the bright-eyed youngster picked up a guitar, enamoured by songwriting greats like Ray L...
I’ll bet the first time listeners really notice the chorus in this song is after the second verse. This time, Bay sings the low chorus melody and the octave above it. It really pushes the energy up, creating a sense of emotional urgency. Suddenly that chorus melody comes to life. Somet...
He mounted to the parapet again and gazed out over Dublin bay, his fair oakpale hair stirring slightly. —God! he said quietly. Isn’t the sea what Algy calls it: a great sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. Epi oinopa ponton. Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks! I must...
the favorite of my three summer reads, I was hooked from the opening paragraph, with its description of “Julia, by marriage Mrs. Packett, by courtesy Mrs. Macdermott,” sequestered in her bath and surrounded by her most prized possessions, holding her creditors at bay as they banged on ...
it. The owner of the instrument took it up and began strumming some chords. Linda started to sing "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and the banjo-uke accompaniment provided just the right support. It was a magical moment for sure- a private concert in miniature in just the style of ...
the favorite of my three summer reads, I was hooked from the opening paragraph, with its description of “Julia, by marriage Mrs. Packett, by courtesy Mrs. Macdermott,” sequestered in her bath and surrounded by her most prized possessions, holding her creditors at bay as they banged on ...
Those first two chords…it’s almost as if you do not need to hear anything else after that, they’re so profound! But it’s also those specific voicings; it’s the dynamics, it’s again the color specificity that just grabbed me to no end....
simple little twiddles and chords — however hang on, as the set’s other goodie, the jogging 98¼bpm ‘Groove With You‘, will be joining it here on 12in in a fortnight (white labels are already about). Perhaps not coincidentally, Fatback’s ‘Is This The Future?’ synchs ...
(FAR OUT IN THE BAY BETWEEN BAILEY AND KISH LIGHTS THE Erin’s King SAILS, SENDING A BROADENING PLUME OF COALSMOKE FROM HER FUNNEL TOWARDS THE LAND.) COUNCILLOR NANNETII: (ALONE ON DECK, IN DARK ALPACA, YELLOWKITEFACED, HIS HAND IN HIS WAISTCOAT OPENING, DECLAIMS) When my country tak...