Here is the penultimate post in this series of twelve, each exploring a musical composition with particular personal significance. Each choice is connected in some way with its immediate predecessor. My final selection will connect with the first. I haven’t pre-planned the steps in this sequence, so they partly reflect my preferences and predilections when … Continue reading Ouroboros 11: Tres Impoli by Franco et le T.P.O.K Jazz
It’s high time for the tenth study in my Ouroboros cycle. This series will ultimately explore twelve pieces of music that are important to me, the twelfth and final choice linking back to the first. Indeed, each piece of music must link in some way with its immediate predecessor, but I haven’t planned the cycle … Continue reading Ouroboros 10: Cantique by Kanda Bongo Man
Ninth in my ‘not-planned-in-advance’ cycle, codenamed Ouroboros, in which I’m exploring twelve pieces of music that hold personal significance. This one is really a dark horse (no pun intended). It has never featured at the top of my playlists of personal favourites, and it has little in common with other selections in this sequence. Though, … Continue reading Ouroboros 9: Different Drum by the Stone Poneys
Eighth in my Ouroboros series, about pieces of music I particularly value. This time round it's 'Black Diamond Bay', from Bob Dylan's 1975 album 'Desire'.
We’ve reached the seventh in this sequence of twelve posts, each exploring a musical composition with particular personal significance. Each musical choice is linked in some fashion with its immediate predecessor. I hope to end in December (or thereabouts) with a piece of music that has some sort of connection with my first selection, back … Continue reading Ouroboros 7: Thinking of You by Sister Sledge
This is the sixth in a sequence of twelve monthly posts, each about a piece of music that has personal significance. Each choice is linked, however tenuously, to its immediate predecessor. May’s selection was ‘Saturday Night’ by the Blue Nile (1989), while June’s is ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’ by Ella Fitzgerald (1956). The connection … Continue reading Ouroboros 6: Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, by Ella Fitzgerald
We’ve arrived at the fifth in this series of twelve monthly posts dedicated to exploring music of particular personal significance. Each post is connected, however tenuously, to its predecessor and I’m hoping to end in December where I began last January. The series began with Ya Jean by Madilu System, before moving on to Autorail … Continue reading Ouroboros 5: Saturday Night by The Blue Nile
This is the fourth in a series of twelve monthly posts, each exploring a musical composition of profound personal significance. Each choice is connected in some way with its immediate predecessor, although these links may be tenuous because I am inventing them as I go along. I began with Ya Jean by Madilu System - … Continue reading Ouroboros 4: Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers Band
This is the third in a series of posts about music that is personally important to me. I intend to write twelve posts in all – one per month throughout 2025 – each post connected in some way with its predecessor; the final post somehow linked with the first. These connections are being forged as … Continue reading Ouroboros 3: Sweet Fanta Diallo by Alpha Blondy
This is the second in a sequence of posts about music that means a great deal to me. I’ve called the series Ouroboros – the snake with its tail in its mouth – because I’m hoping to finish exactly where I began, with Ya Jean by Madilu System (1993). I hope to write a new … Continue reading Ouroboros 2: Autorail by Orchestre Baobab
This is the first in a series of experimental posts about pieces of music that are personally important to me. I’ve wanted to write about music for a long time. Not as a musician (because I’m not one) but as a discerning listener, endlessly fascinated by the evolving soundtrack of his life. I’m not up … Continue reading Ouroboros 1: Ya Jean (Remix) by Madilu System
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