Category Archives: Music

My favourite music of 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by stuartelden

And live, I particularly enjoyed Big Big Train, Frost*, Marillion, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, The Neal Morse Band, Porcupine Tree, Transatlantic, Van der Graaf Generator and the streaming of Nik Bärtsch’s Montags series at yourstage.live [I should have shared … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2021

Posted on January 1, 2022 by stuartelden

Alphabetical list of the music I enjoyed the most this year… Most bought on cd or blu-ray, though increasingly stuff on bandcamp too. Mostly rock, but also jazz, string quartets, ambient, solo piano, and probably the most peculiar/interesting thing I’ve … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by stuartelden

Alphabetical list of the music I enjoyed the most this year… Big Big Train, Empire Blaer, Yellow Brass Against, III Tim Bowness, Peter Chilvers, Modern Ruins Flying Colours, Third Stage: Live in London Frost*, 13 Winters (box) Peter Gabriel, Rated PG Gary Husband and Markus Reuter, Music of our … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by stuartelden

A list of the music released this year which I enjoyed the most… The Aristocrats, You Know What? Bass Communion, Reconstructions and Recycling Big Big Train, Grand Tour Tim Bowness, Flowers at the Scene Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Complete (box) Kate Bush, … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2018

Posted on December 14, 2018 by stuartelden

The music I enjoyed the most in 2018:- A Perfect Circle, Eat the Elephant Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Awase Big Big Train, Merchants of Light John Coltrane, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album Miles Davis and John Coltrane, The Final … Continue reading →

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A year in review – publications, writing, talks, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

This is my last day of work in 2017. Tomorrow we head to Tenerife for ten days holiday, hoping for sunshine and lots of cycling. The last major work task I completed today was the copyediting queries for Shakespearean Territories. … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2017

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

The albums I enjoyed the most in 2017 were:- Anathema, The Optimist Arcane Roots, Melancholia Hymns Big Big Train, The Second Brightest Star (and also Grimspound) Black Country Communion, BCCIV Blackfield, V Tim Bowness, Lost in the Ghost Light Caligula’s Horse, In … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2016

Posted on December 23, 2016 by stuartelden

A very good year for music, I thought. These are the albums I liked the most… 1. Airbag, Disconnected 2. Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile Extended, Continuum 3. Big Big Train, Folklore 4. David Bowie, Blackstar 5. Kate Bush/The K Fellowship, Before … Continue reading →

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David Bowie – space on the shelf for Blackstar, but a very big hole…

Posted on January 14, 2016 by stuartelden

David Bowie – space on the shelf for Blackstar, but a very big hole… The cd was on pre-order, but it was only today that I picked up the package…

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2015 in review – talks, publications and writing, plus links to ‘best-of’ lists

Posted on December 31, 2015 by stuartelden

I began 2015 with the manuscript of a book under the title Foucault’s Last Decade close, I thought, to completion. But it was far too long. In the end, I cut the first two long chapters out, and submitted a book … Continue reading →

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