Category Archives: Music

Sunday Music: Blue Christmas – Willie Nelson

Posted on December 23, 2018 by nicdempsey

I was all set to do Blue Christmas by Elvis but realised that I’d already done it. (go and have a listen!) I stand by my assessment that it’s the best version but I’m also quite fond of the Willie Nelson … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Get Behind Me, Santa – Sufjan Stevens

Posted on December 16, 2018 by nicdempsey

Every year I buy another bunch of Christmas music because I am a sucker and two weeks worth of Christmas music clearly isn’t enough. This year it was Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas. This is on it, and I like … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Baby It’s Cold Outside – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

Posted on December 9, 2018 by nicdempsey

More Christmas music. I love this song. I don’t want to have a conversation about it being  ‘rapey’ because I’ve always read it as the girl wanting to stay and wanting to be persuaded, so if you don’t like it, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Posted on December 2, 2018 by nicdempsey

So it’s the first Sunday of Advent. So music this week is all about advent everything else in December will probably by about Christmas. I haven’t heard this version before sung before and have always sung “Rejoice! rejoice! Emmanuel shall … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Nathaniel Ratecliffe – A Little Honey

Posted on November 25, 2018 by nicdempsey

It’s the 25  November and for the last couple of weeks November has been weighing on me and I know why Day to day the hardest thing is the things I can’t share. I could listen to this all day, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: November Kicking in

Posted on November 19, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I’m finding the descent into November dragging at me slightly, I want very much to lie in bed and sleep, all the damn time but having work and things to do is helpful, I don’t want to get … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Drink, Drink, Drink – Mario Lanza

Posted on November 11, 2018 by nicdempsey

Today is Remembrance Sunday and 100 years since the end of the First World War. So this is a very happy song for such a sad day. But when I think of war and soldiers, I think of my Grandad. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Can’t Play Dead

Posted on October 28, 2018 by nicdempsey

Yesterday, I spent most of the day with a spider on my head, dishing up to mulled wine to visitors for the allotment Halloween Pumpkin Walk. So something Halloween-ish felt like is was in order. This felt right. It’s The … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: I Need Never Get Old

Posted on October 21, 2018 by nicdempsey

This week we had a team meeting and lunch and this was playing over lunch and I love it so here it is…

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Sunday Music: Give Me the Night

Posted on October 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

Today is my brother’s birthday. A couple of years ago he and Mum went to see George Benson. One of the things that all three of us agree on is George and it’s definitely something we both get from our … Continue reading →

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