Thursday, March 17, 2022

New Substack newsletter - free to view

My new free-to-read Substack newsletter. Clown bikes and the risk of weight-related comedic collapses...https://tommorton.substack.com/p/unleash-the-comedy-bicycle #bromptonlife #bromptonbicycle

Friday, March 11, 2022

The Beatcroft Social as heard on 60 North Radio on 11 March.

Full playlist and link to the Mixcloud stream follows.

Monkees — Me and Magdalena
Monkees — Salesman
Sandy Denny — Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
David Bowie — Can’t Help Thinking About Me
Tori Amos — Winter
East End Friend — Shine
Sakert! — Allting Flyter
Rozi Plain — See My Boat
Richard Dawson — The Almsgiver
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees — We Are Storm
Kevin Coyne — Marlene
Red Guitars — Steeltown
Claire Lynch — All the Diamonds
Bruce Cockburn — Isn’t That what Friends Are For
RL Burnside— Shake ‘Em On Down
Paul Weller — The Soul Searchers
Joni Mitchell — A Case of You
The Black Crowes — Jealous Again
Kurt Vile — Like Exploding Stones
George Harrison — Isn’t It A Pity?
Jackson C Frank — Blues Run the Game
Nick Drake — Northern Sky
Paul Brady — Arthur McBride
Nick Lowe — Mama Said
Bruce Cockburn — Easter


Friday, March 04, 2022

The Beatcroft Social from 60 North Radio, as broadcast 4 March 2022

The Beatcroft Social from 4 March is streaming now on Mixcloud and also at the 60 North Radio Archive. Link at bottom of playlist.


Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

Mary Gauthier — Mercy Now

Graham Parker — One Guitar

Willie Nile — Vagabond Moon

Elvis Costello — Brilliant Disguise

Patti Griffin — Stolen Car

Mystic Knights of the Sea — Johnny 99

Shawn Colvin — Tougher than the Rest

Bruce Springsteen — Adam Raised a Cain

Patti Scialfa — Spanish Dancer

Nils Lofgren — Man at the Top

Kid Canaveral — Low Winter Sun

Hook and Pull Gang — Pour It Down Your Throat

Stella’s Baby — Port of Amsterdam

Tom Waits — Bottom of the World

Just the Job — Fears of the Years

Jackson Browne — For a Dancer

The National — Bloodbuzz Ohio

Wet Leg — Angelica

Hamish Hawk — Bakerloo, Unbecoming

Nick Lowe — What’s so funny about Peace Love and Understanding

Lucinda Williams — Sweet Old World

Tom Paxton — Peace Will Come

Shelby Lynne, Alison Moorer — Not Dark Yet

Bob Marley — One Love/People Get Ready

https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/the-beatcroft-social-from-60-north-radio-4-march-2022/

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Mother Russia (On the Beach in Moscow, Ayrshire)

My new (free) Substack newsletter, Longish read, but comes complete with song...("Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin...the names roll off the tongue/Like Crosby Stills and Nash without Neil Young...")