Tag Archives: music

The Beach Boys on CD: That Lucky Old Sun

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Andrew Hickey

(This essay, for reasons I explain in the first few paragraphs, is one I’ve started and stopped writing at least half a dozen times over a period of months. One of the reasons the third Beach Boys book wasn’t out … Continue reading →

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No, A Tribute Band Wasn’t Going To Play Trump’s Inauguration

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Andrew Hickey

This blog post is a request post. Specifically, it’s at the request of my wife, Holly. You get to request posts too, if you’re married to me. Anyway, there’s a story going round social media, backed up by links to … Continue reading →

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Strange Fruit

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Andrew Hickey

The singer Rebecca Ferguson has been reported as having accepted the offer to play at Trump’s inauguration, under one condition: I’ve been asked and this is my answer. If you allow me to sing “strange fruit” a song that has … Continue reading →

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RIP George Martin

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Andrew Hickey

We knew it would come sooner or later, of course — he was ninety years old, and given the horrible tendency of those associated with the Beatles to die prematurely we were *very* lucky he was with us for as … Continue reading →

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What Music Is, Part Two

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Andrew Hickey

So we’ve established in the last post roughly what we mean by music, and we’ve also established that from now on I’m going to narrow down my meanings quite a bit, but that it’s worth bearing the broader definition in … Continue reading →

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