Author Archives: Jack Coombs
4 songs I’m listening to – old and new
Corrina, Corrina – Bob Dylan This traditional 12 bar blues song gets a fantastic folk revamp from Bob. It’s one of my favourites from his early era. His voice has a smooth honky-tonk tone to it, and the harmonica passages actually complement the song instead of discordantly screeching over apocalyptic protest lyrics. This is not […]
Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores, album review
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is a big deal in the Spanish-speaking world. In the English speaking world, less so. But her recent album De Todas las Flores, released in October last year, is something that every person, regardless of their language, needs to listen to. It should be required reading for any human being with […]
