Category Archives: Music

Sunday Music: Champion the Wonder Horse

Posted on March 3, 2024 by nicdempsey

Last night Liza Tarbuck played this. Now I have it stuck in my head. The back story is that I used to watch it with my dad on the Saturdays that Mum was working and Dad used to sing it … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Turnpike Troubadours – Mean Old Sun

Posted on February 4, 2024 by nicdempsey

After a break up in 2019, Turnpike Troubadours got back together in 2023 and there was an album. Mean Old Sun great, but not my absolute favourite (Black Sky and Three More Days are my picks). However, I’m so happy … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Blue Monday – Orkestra Obsolete

Posted on April 16, 2023 by nicdempsey

This came via Sarah Rundle and it is marvellous

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Sunday Music: The Muppets Carol of the Bells

Posted on December 4, 2022 by nicdempsey

It’s Advent. Time for some Christmas ‘music’

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Sunday Music: Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson – Lay Me Down

Posted on November 13, 2022 by nicdempsey

Loretta Lynn died recently and they played this on ‘Last Words’ and it’s so pretty

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Sunday Music: Right Said Fred – Bernard Cribbins

Posted on July 31, 2022 by nicdempsey

Bernard Cribbins died this week. Some people will know him from Doctor Who. But for people my age it was The Wombles and Right Said Fred.

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Sunday Music: The Duckworth Lewis Method – Jiggery Pokery

Posted on March 6, 2022 by nicdempsey

Shane Warne died on Friday. This felt appropriate..

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Sunday Music: The Who – Pinball Wizard

Posted on February 20, 2022 by nicdempsey

Last week, I had a conversation with one of the grown up godchildren and they told me that when they listen to ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ by the Beatles, it makes them think about their grandad, their dad and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending

Posted on November 28, 2021 by nicdempsey

First Sunday of Advent. If I get excited about singing ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’, my mum who grew up in the Salvation Army and is therefore pretty much a Methodist, is excited by Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Ain’t No Man – The Avett Brothers

Posted on October 31, 2021 by nicdempsey

This is older but it was mentioned in a book I was reading recently and I remembered that I liked it.

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