The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #71 Duncan Browne

Duncan John Browne (25 March 1947 – 28 May 1993) was an English singer-songwriter and musician, who is most remembered for his moderate hit single Journey, which peaked at #23 in the U.K in 1972, and its corresponding 1973 album Duncan Browne, which has since garnered a cult status among fans of 1970s folk rock.

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders (Beatles Edition) #24 The Silkie

Today’s Beatles cover in our ongoing WWOOHW series, is You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away by folk act The Silkie. The Silkie, an English folk music group formed in 1963 and consisting of four Hull University students Sylvia Tatler (vocals), Mike Ramsden (guitar and vocals), Ivor Aylesbury (guitar and vocals) and Kevin Cunningham (double

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #16 Bob Lind

Good morning Starshine, the Spinney Wheel Thing Of Destiny says “hello”. For our delectation, the SWTOD has chosen folk singer Bob Lind, who had a #5 hit single in 1966 with Elusive Butterfly. Robert Neale Lind (born November 25, 1942) is an American folk-music singer-lyricist, who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the

Sponsoring The Moshpits 3 (b): a guide to HMHB

The next few years of the 2000’s saw the band do their usual 3 year gap between releases and touring giving us 4 new albums and a compilation of previously released eps. 3 years after the magnificent Achtung Bono, the lads followed up it with 2008’s equally magnificent CSI: Ambleside, a play on all the

Harping On And On (GDLIYWI) 20

A lady from Glasgow was visiting London one day and decided to get her hair done whilst she was there. She sits down on the chair and the hairdresser asks her “Comfy?” “Govan”, replies the woman. Today’s artist is Roy Harper, an English folk artist with a long-storied career and is friends with a lot

Hey Joni, Put It All Behind You (GDLIYWI) 18

Here I am once again back in my happy place. Remember in the last post I mentioned a girl who gave me my first taste of 70’s Zappa? Well, she was also the one who exposed me to today’s artist as well, the glorious Joni Mitchell. It was Joni’s Court And Spark album that she