Crotchety Man

A curious salamander

Nearly all the pieces featured in these pages so far revolve around electric or acoustic versions of the guitar or the piano (or both). And tracks with neither drums nor other forms of percussion ar...

Careful, guys, steps ahead …

How many ways can you think of to use a stick? You might throw it for your dog to fetch. If it’s a nice straight stick, you might use it to keep your runner beans upright. Or you might drop it off a bridge in ...

A nighttime gathering. Dancing at a rave in the woods, perhaps?

A review of Mark Wingfield’s Elemental album on the Cirdecsongs blog prompted another ex...

Tolkien’s good guys

The Lord of the Rings: You’ve probably seen the films. You may have read the books. But, unless you were quick off the mark, you won’t have listened to Dave Brons’ musical interpretation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic story. The firs...