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Almanac Music: Songs about Trains

October 6, 2023 by 79 Comments

In this Friday’s music piece, KD discusses songs about trains and, as usual, warmly welcomes reader contributions.

Almanac Music: Wantok Musik – Latest releases and news

October 3, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Wantok Musik announce their new releases and upcoming concerts featuring artists on their label.

Almanac (Footy) Music: Collingwood 2023 meets “60 songs that made the 90s”

September 26, 2023 by 9 Comments

Don’t really know this 2023 Collingwood side? E.regnans gives us this guide – each player as a song from the 90s.

Almanac Music: Songs about Roads

September 22, 2023 by 74 Comments

This week’s music piece from KD concerns songs that mention roads in the title, whether they be specifically highways, streets, avenues, boulevards, esplanades or similar infrastructure.

Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football’s Greatest Sons

September 19, 2023 by 12 Comments

A must have item for many a young footy fan in the early 1980s and Damian Balassone was lucky enough to get his hands on a copy after scrimping and saving his pocket money… it is Mike Brady’s ‘The Songs of Football’s Greatest Sons’. [The Footy Almanac reprises this post by Damian Balassone which in part features Ron Barassi who passed away a few days ago. – Ed]

Almanac Music: Extraordinary Musical Moments – Ozzy Osbourne Sings John Lennon’s ‘How?’

September 15, 2023 by 2 Comments

KD brings back his ‘Extraordinary Musical Moments’ series to discuss Ozzy Osbourne’s version of John Lennon’s ‘How?’, from the latter’s classic Imagine album.

Almanac Books and Music: ‘Summer Of Blood’ – Dave Warner

September 12, 2023 by 3 Comments

‘Summer Of Blood’ is musician and author Dave Warner’s new book due for release in October. A crime thriller in search of a missing young man in San Francisco during the summer of love in 1967 the book is sure to be a cracking read from this award winning author. Dave has selected a playlist of fabulous music from the era to support the book.

Almanac Music: Churches, Chapels and Cathedrals

September 8, 2023 by 26 Comments

In this Friday’s piece, part of his ongoing series on popular song, KD deals with the theme of ‘churches, chapels and cathedrals’. As usual, readers are encouraged to contribute their own choices and comments.

Almanac Music: Jimmy Buffett – a reflection

September 6, 2023 by 5 Comments

Like many, the announcement of Jimmy Buffett’s death was a surprise and shock. Daryl Schramm remembers his introduction to the music of Jimmy Buffett.

Almanac Music: Vale Jimmy Buffett

September 5, 2023 by 10 Comments

Another icon of the music world has passed away – this time Jimmy Buffett. Col Ritchie remembers Jimmy and his music.