Gordon Lightfoot Book, Music and More!
The home of music journalist Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the definitive new Gordon Lightfoot biography from Penguin Random House.
Tricky - Knowle West Boy
Transcending his 1995 breakthrough Maxinquaye, which helped to define trip-hop, has been, an, um, tricky proposition. But the man born Adrian Thaws comes close with his eighth album, a portrait of his upbringing in a tough Bristol neighborhood. There’s rugged dancehall (“Bacative,” “Baligaga”) and urgent rock (“C’mon Baby,” “Council Estate”). Tricky even covers Kylie Minogue’s “Slow.” But the album’s best track is “Past Mistake,” a convincingly mournful breakup song sung with his ex-girlfriend Lubna.
Sept. 9
