Apparently not photoshopped. Priceless fouled up photo opportunity from Mitt's privileged clan... Any other possible variations?

If you have a spare 45 minutes have a look at this intimate performance by Lisa Hannigan. Seems that I'm stalking her this week but....

In April 2009 Arnalds created  'Found Songs',  a 7 song series; recording a song a day for 7 days and instantly making each t...

No excuses in making this a Joe Henry & Lisa Hannigan fest. Here they perform an A & B side for the ' 78 Project'; an in...

"You mentioned Kant and I was shocked.  You know where I come from none of the girls have such foul tongues" Listening to this...

Having performed recently with Lisa, in chatting ( get me! ) I was intrigued to hear that she would be touring with Joe Henry in Japan. I...

It's a miserable morning so Di and I (still stinking of smoke from last night's bonfire) are hiding from it all under the quilt. ...

As I'm currently into all things Autumnal this is just the ticket; it's very much in the same leafy vein as my recently listed Alb...

While we're all busy pondering our musical highlights; legendary producer Tony Visconti has done a similar thing over on the excellent Q...

"A child who spoke in tongues and smelled like the sun" This album always makes me feel like I've eaten too many wine gums...

This is probably the most unremarkable album that will appear on my list; there is nothing great about it other than the fact that it may w...

Seems a lowly spot for this to appear but I must warn you that anything between here and my top 30 could really feature anywhere on the lis...

Here's an interesting venture. Everyone knows that there's not a lot of money around the music business these days; if you want t...

Katy, my younger sister, has been dreaming of emigrating to Australia for years. She'd been struggling to get a ' shoe in ' from...

In the early 1990s Miracle Mile played a session for Bob Harris at the BBC's Maida Vale studios. It was our 2nd visit there; first ...

It's Di's birthday today. Why not go to her blog at http://www.diholmesphotography.blogspot.co.uk and wish her a happy day. We...

"Never had the blues from whence I came But in New York State I caught them" On the back of my recent ' Lovesong' fr...

"Come home to mother, come home to mama now." In 2009 Kate McGarrigle was aware that she was dying. She had the strength for...

I'm doing this count down in synch with David Ashley over on Cathedrals of Sound . Unusually for me,  I seem to be getting a bit ahead...

Feast of Wire  is a pretty faultless set; it has the sultry feel of the soundtrack to some modern western drama that the Coen Brothers are...

There's an excellent series over on the fine Cathedrals of Sound blog where blogmeister Davis Ashley is counting down through his favo...

My recent jaunt at Aarhus had me reaching for my old Giant Sand albums. Di was so taken with them that she brought their latest ' Tu...