For a Song
Malachy TallackA newsletter all about songs. Each post offers personal reflections on a single song and considers how and why it works.
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All the Tired Horses
Bob Dylan with his chickens. Photograph by John Cohen.
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It’s perverse, I know. Of all the Bob Dylan songs...
Puppy and a Truck
Jenny Lewis (photograph by Levi Manchak)
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I turned forty in the first year of the pandemic, when celebration was pretty much out of the question. Even a visit from my closest family members had to be cancelled, after travel r...
Drop, Drop Slow Tears
Orlando Gibbons
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It’s a bit of a departure, this one. A lot of a departure, in fact. Musically, lyrically,...
Over the Wall
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I’ve only been once to the Glastonbury Festival, and, truth be told, I won’t be sorry if I never go back....
Hard Bargain
Ron Sexsmith knows where you live.
Sorry folks, I’ve not been able to record a voiceover for this letter as I’m currently recovering (or trying to recover) from Covid. My voice is not yet fit for public consumption.
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I'm the author of four books, with another on the way. Occasionally, I'm a singer-songwriter. For the most part, I'm from Scotland.
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