A playlist of British rock’n folk from the 60s and 70s. The last tune is Bert Jansch’(RIP) beautiful ‘Needle Of Death’, somehow Spotify managed to get the title wrong. I hope you enjoy the music. TC&BN!

A collection of some great good-time rock’n roll. Carefully tested at tour bus parties all over Europe, and guaranteed to put a smile on your face. The “Yeah!” at the beginning of T.Rex’ Children Of The Revolution has to be the best “Yeah!” in rock history. If you happen to disagree I hereby challenge you to show me a better “Yeah”… The title A Good Tip For A Good Time was lifted from Cato Salsa Experience’s debut album. Sadly it’s not found on Spotify, neither is their genius first EP, a Norwegian rock classic if ever there was one, and the soundtrack to many a great Oslo night in the late nineties/early 2000s. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the music. TC&BN!

PS. I have had some complaints about making these lists in Spotify, and not making them available to users of other streaming services. The thing is that I’m a Spotify user myself, so this is the most convenient way for me to do this. If someone can come up with a good way to post them elsewhere that doesn’t cost too many calories I’m all ears…

Today I’ve prepared a playlist of country music and rock/pop inspired by country. This music has been with me for so long, I’ve come to consider it the bedrock of my musical universe. I remember my grandmother’s fascination with Jim Reeves, he’s still with me today. I also recall rediscovering country music as a young musician when I was in Madrugada. We didn’t start writing real music till we got into country and folk; Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, and all the alt-country that was around at the time -Those guys gave depth and direction to our songwriting. This is a playlist of real, simple, emotional songs. Hope you enjoy it. TC&BN!

I’ve put together a list of songs featuring some of my favorite guitar players. I suppose I prefer musicians who play with economy and feeling, and who respect the song instead of wanking all over it. That being said, there are some genuine virtuosos here as well. Sadly not all my favorites could be found on Spotify, I would have included Duane Allman’s wonderful slide-work on Eric Clapton’s Layla, but it was nowhere to be found. Spacemen 3 era Jason Pierce… not there. Listen instead to Fleetwood Mac’s stellar early lineup, that’s Peter Greene singing and playing. Next up is Ry Cooder on Mick Jagger’s Memo From Turner. Richard Thompson is one of my absolute favorites. On Calvary Cross he doesn’t show off much, well, not after that unbelievable intro, how does he do that? The sophisticated twin guitar attack of Television “struck a chord with me”(he-he) instantly when first I heard Marquee Moon. It somehow reminded me of when I used to listen to Iron Maiden, represented here by Wrathchild, as a kid, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray played harmony too, I absolutely adored them. One of the finest song-oriented players of all time is The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, a real band musician, real classy stuff. David Roback’s work with Rain Parade and Mazzy Star was a huge inspiration for us on the first couple of Madrugada albums, Robert learnt a lot from him, and from Nick McCabe of The Verve too. I actually included a Madrugada song here to show you what Robert himself was capable of. That’s me strumming in the beginning, the real guitar-magic starts happening towards the end. What a wonderful player he was. Anyway, that’s the legendary James Burton playing with Emmylou Harris, and that’s Chris Karrer with the mighty Amon Düül II. Oh My God! Speaking of God, slide guitar deity Elmore James needs no further introduction, the same can be said about Jimi Hendrix of course. I could go on forever. Listen to the music instead. Hope you enjoy it. This is a singer’s pick of guitar favorites, a guitar player’s list would probably be a little different. TC&BN!