You have to feel a lot of sympathy for Ray Davies, who unlike Lennon–McCartney, Jagger–Richards and several other songwriting teams, had to strive hard by himself to reach high on the charts. Despite these unfavourable […]
Introduction The Nomads’ long journey to the here and now via their recorded work is presented here, in chronological order, for your listening and collecting pleasure. These elder statesmen of Scandinavian rock don’t strike me […]
It all started for real in 1994 when Jerker Emanuelson launched the first volume in what would later develop into the Hit The Hay compilation series – known for its mixed content between cherry picked […]
Yes, today is a very special day, just like August 21, 1941 was a very special day. It was the birth of Sharon Lee Myers, better known as Jackie DeShannon, but less known as one […]
Dear reader. Surely you have at some point become frustrated when you realize that the records of your favourite artists could have been even better, after discovering that they recorded several worthy songs that for […]
Some introductory words from the writer: I’ve been a semi-professional writer from time to time for many years. I ran a music magazine in the early nineties and I’ve also written music books in Swedish. […]
This last part in the series covers the years 2014 to 2021, during which The Nomads put out seven 7” on six different labels. A shortage of recording sessions for major projects after the album […]
This second part of the interview with Jim Basnight picks up where part 1 ended – halfway through the examination of his cover album Jokers, Idols and Misfits. The first part contains a short biography […]
As we enter the present millennium in this part, the surge of the vinyl single revival led by independent record labels had begun to wane somewhat. This, together with longer interval between The Nomads’ album […]
Before we dig into this rather substantial interview with Jim Basnight regarding his newly released album Jokers, Idols & Misfits, we want you to know that this conversation is not only about the album itself. […]
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