Dr Cath Annabel
@cathannabel.bsky.social
Independent researcher (Butor/Sebald). Chair @underthestarssheff.bsky.social. Blogger/feminist/humanist. Music, books, films. NFFC. BLM. Woke as owt. Sheffielder. Widow
Music night. Staying in Sheff, to revisit Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which is now 20 years old, & still sounds bloody fantastic. My neighbour is away so I've cranked up the volume. Even the most familiar tracks still feel fresh & exciting.
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Music night. Staying in Sheff, to revisit Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which is now 20 years old, & still sounds bloody fantastic. My neighbour is away so I've cranked up the volume. Even the most familiar tracks still feel fresh & exciting.
Music night. Beats Working for a Living - lost gems & rarities 73-84. Sheffield musical history: Artery, Comsats, Vice Versa, Pulp, In the Nursery & many more. The accompanying CD to Martin Lilleker's eponymous book. Also linked to Jamie Taylor's brilliant book, Studio Electrophonique.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Music night. Beats Working for a Living - lost gems & rarities 73-84. Sheffield musical history: Artery, Comsats, Vice Versa, Pulp, In the Nursery & many more. The accompanying CD to Martin Lilleker's eponymous book. Also linked to Jamie Taylor's brilliant book, Studio Electrophonique.
Music night. Britten - Suites for Solo Cello, performed by Jean-Guihen Queyras. 3 suites, dated 1964, 1967 and 1971.
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Music night. Britten - Suites for Solo Cello, performed by Jean-Guihen Queyras. 3 suites, dated 1964, 1967 and 1971.
Music night. Following up Death & Transfiguration with The Grateful Dead's Live/Dead, in honour of the late Bob Weir. Recorded at various concerts in 1969 and released the same year, their first official live release.
January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Music night. Following up Death & Transfiguration with The Grateful Dead's Live/Dead, in honour of the late Bob Weir. Recorded at various concerts in 1969 and released the same year, their first official live release.
Music night. Richard Strauss' Tod und Verklarung, which I heard as an impressionable teenager & loved - turns out I still love it. Tomorrow I'm going to a performance of Metamorphosen, so an early piece (1890) to prepare me for one of his last works (1945).
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Music night. Richard Strauss' Tod und Verklarung, which I heard as an impressionable teenager & loved - turns out I still love it. Tomorrow I'm going to a performance of Metamorphosen, so an early piece (1890) to prepare me for one of his last works (1945).
Completely gorgeous concert this pm. Juliette Bausor & Catrin Finch, Fantasies for flute & harp, by Bach, Fauré, Debussy, Alwyn & others. M loved harp, & would have loved this (we saw Finch perform with Seckou Keita some years back). Thx @musicintheround.bsky.social & Juliette & Catrin!
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Completely gorgeous concert this pm. Juliette Bausor & Catrin Finch, Fantasies for flute & harp, by Bach, Fauré, Debussy, Alwyn & others. M loved harp, & would have loved this (we saw Finch perform with Seckou Keita some years back). Thx @musicintheround.bsky.social & Juliette & Catrin!
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Pete Roth Trio live at Jazz Leeds, inc Bill Bruford
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pete Roth Trio live at Jazz Leeds, inc Bill Bruford
Catching up on last week's Jazz Record Requests, which I missed, and it turns out it was a corker. Stan Kenton's Artistry in Rhythm, Ella & Louis' It Ain't Necessarily So, Chet Baker's That Old Feeling, & now Keith Jarrett's take on My Funny Valentine (a song I associate always with M).
January 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Catching up on last week's Jazz Record Requests, which I missed, and it turns out it was a corker. Stan Kenton's Artistry in Rhythm, Ella & Louis' It Ain't Necessarily So, Chet Baker's That Old Feeling, & now Keith Jarrett's take on My Funny Valentine (a song I associate always with M).
Music night. Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel & Slave Grigoryan - Travel Guide, 2013. All 3 are on guitars - classical, 12 string, electric & baritone (didn't know baritone guitar was a thing...). Gorgeous.
January 24, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Music night. Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel & Slave Grigoryan - Travel Guide, 2013. All 3 are on guitars - classical, 12 string, electric & baritone (didn't know baritone guitar was a thing...). Gorgeous.
Music night. In tribute to the late Ralph Towner, playing his 1974 album Diary (his solo debut). Towner on guitars, piano & gong. Bruford spoke of his 'shimmering' sound, 'silvery slabs and chiming arpeggios'.
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Music night. In tribute to the late Ralph Towner, playing his 1974 album Diary (his solo debut). Towner on guitars, piano & gong. Bruford spoke of his 'shimmering' sound, 'silvery slabs and chiming arpeggios'.
Music night. Just seen Bruford's tribute to Ralph Towner, who died on 18 Jan aged 85. I'm glad I picked that particular album to play earlier without knowing that he'd died. I'll play something by him next tho I can't find our copy of Sargasso Sea, which we listened to a lot in the late 70s.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Music night. Just seen Bruford's tribute to Ralph Towner, who died on 18 Jan aged 85. I'm glad I picked that particular album to play earlier without knowing that he'd died. I'll play something by him next tho I can't find our copy of Sargasso Sea, which we listened to a lot in the late 70s.
Music night. Catrin Finch, Harp Recital (1999). Bach, Fauré, Britten, Debussy, Dalwyn Henshall, Pierick Houdy & Henriette Renié. I'll be seeing Finch in concert again soon + Juliette Bausor on flute, @musicintheround.bsky.social gig at the Crucible.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Music night. Catrin Finch, Harp Recital (1999). Bach, Fauré, Britten, Debussy, Dalwyn Henshall, Pierick Houdy & Henriette Renié. I'll be seeing Finch in concert again soon + Juliette Bausor on flute, @musicintheround.bsky.social gig at the Crucible.
Music afternoon. Still with Bruford, jumping forward to 1997 for If Summer Had Its Ghosts, a collaboration with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez. If Feels Good... was jazz-rock fusion, this is jazz. It's intricate, improvisational, subtle, exciting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Music afternoon. Still with Bruford, jumping forward to 1997 for If Summer Had Its Ghosts, a collaboration with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez. If Feels Good... was jazz-rock fusion, this is jazz. It's intricate, improvisational, subtle, exciting.
Music afternoon. More Bruford, this time his eponymous band's debut, Feels Good To Me, released in the same year as UK's debut. Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Berlin, Dave Stewart (ex Hatfield), Kenny Wheeler & Annette Peacock. Much more jazz than prog.
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Music afternoon. More Bruford, this time his eponymous band's debut, Feels Good To Me, released in the same year as UK's debut. Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Berlin, Dave Stewart (ex Hatfield), Kenny Wheeler & Annette Peacock. Much more jazz than prog.
Music afternoon. UK, eponymous debut, from 1978. So-called prog rock super-group with Bill Bruford, John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth & Eddie Jobson. Bruford & Holdsworth left the band in the same year. Prep for seeing Bruford live with Pete Roth Trio in Leeds next week.
January 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Music afternoon. UK, eponymous debut, from 1978. So-called prog rock super-group with Bill Bruford, John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth & Eddie Jobson. Bruford & Holdsworth left the band in the same year. Prep for seeing Bruford live with Pete Roth Trio in Leeds next week.
Current reading, plus Leeta Lehtolainen’s My First Murder on Kindle
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Current reading, plus Leeta Lehtolainen’s My First Murder on Kindle
Bowie Day 2. And that's it, since I played Blackstar on the 10th anniversary of when we heard it. I feel as if I've been revisiting my own teenage and adult life through these albums. Whilst I always feel that listening to music connects me to M, listening to Bowie does so more than anyone else.
January 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Bowie Day 2. And that's it, since I played Blackstar on the 10th anniversary of when we heard it. I feel as if I've been revisiting my own teenage and adult life through these albums. Whilst I always feel that listening to music connects me to M, listening to Bowie does so more than anyone else.
Bowie Day 2. The Next Day (2013). I remember the frisson of excitement, after that decade filled only with compilations, boxed sets, remixings etc etc. New Bowie. And he didn't let us down - this is an excellent album, resonating with all the different periods of his earlier work but sounding new.
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Bowie Day 2. The Next Day (2013). I remember the frisson of excitement, after that decade filled only with compilations, boxed sets, remixings etc etc. New Bowie. And he didn't let us down - this is an excellent album, resonating with all the different periods of his earlier work but sounding new.
Bowie Day 2. Reality - we've jumped forward to 2003. And this was the last studio album till The Next Day, ten years later, as Bowie had a heart attack during the Reality tour. It's another good one. The opener, New Killer Star, sounded v familiar but I don't think I've heard this album many times.
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Bowie Day 2. Reality - we've jumped forward to 2003. And this was the last studio album till The Next Day, ten years later, as Bowie had a heart attack during the Reality tour. It's another good one. The opener, New Killer Star, sounded v familiar but I don't think I've heard this album many times.
Bowie Day 2. Taking a break - well, I've got to eat some time. Only 2 more to go because, inexplicably, I don't seem to have copies of Hours or Heathen. Yes I could listen via Spotify but if that's going to be my first listen I'd rather do that outside of this project which is about relistening.
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Bowie Day 2. Taking a break - well, I've got to eat some time. Only 2 more to go because, inexplicably, I don't seem to have copies of Hours or Heathen. Yes I could listen via Spotify but if that's going to be my first listen I'd rather do that outside of this project which is about relistening.