“Strange times”: The Paul Simon anthem that captured the 1960s better than any other song of the era
“There’s not one line that rhyme.”
Folk Archives: 06/2026
‘The Future’: Why Leonard Cohen’s peak bleakness suited the early 1990s
“We were tossed out of the garden; this isn’t paradise”.
The Gaslight Café: The most important “basket house” in New York’s history
“I kept my eyes on the Gaslight. How could I not?”
The opening lyric Paul Simon wrote in 1973 that the rest of the song couldn’t compete with
He set the bar too high.
“I loved it so much”: The 1963 song Neil Young became obsessed with
The Canadian songwriter picks out an old favourite.
The 1986 album Paul Simon called too perfect to change: “The best of my ability”
The best kind of problem to have.
Boy from the North Country: Martin Carthy, the man whose songs taught Bob Dylan “a lot”
“Stay well, and keep playing”.
Julia Roberts’ one and only favourite band of all time: “We are lifelong fans”
Veterans of rock, funk and jamming out.
