OK - Here's my response to Linda's musical challenge for today.. nice idea!

Like you say, kept it to just the current songs that I'm playing over and over right now. Next week, it'll likely be an entirely different six, which is why music is the most wonderful thing in the world.


1. We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea - Declan O'Rourke (brilliant young Irish singer-songwriter, who supported Paul Brady at his London show a couple of weeks back. His voice has an amazing register - is almost middle eastern the way he uses it as an instrument independent of the guitar - and this song is just a great piece of poetry)

2. Best of You - Foo Fighters (Simply THE best straight ahead rock and roll track of the year)

3. Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon (an old song - yes, NWA's foulmouthed ditty - just beautifully revisited. check it out)

4. Galang - MIA (new British rap act - not usually my cup of darjeeling, as you know, but she is going to be huge after what was a phenomenal performance at Glastonbury this weekend)

5. Fix You - Coldplay (aaaagh! earnest Brit whiney-rock at its most infectious. perfect background music for cutting up photographs of old lovers)

6. Long Time Comin' - Bruce Springsteen (yep, could have been literally any track from D&D, but that line "I ain't gonna fuck it up this time" keeps rolling around my head for some reason...)


The hardest part is thinking who I should tag. Still working on that. Most of the folks I'd like to tag don't blog.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and look forward to seeing everyone else's playlist...