by Ian Cochrane | Apr 29, 2013 | Oceania, Utopia
Thanks so much to Melanie (motherofnine9) for thinking of my humble blog for this award, being one of the 1st BC members to touch base with me on joining this great community. Melanie is well respected in blogging circles, a warm human being, a prolific writer and a...
by Ian Cochrane | Dec 11, 2012 | Americas, Oceania, Utopia
Upright sleeves of vinyl records – Mayall, Joplin and Bloomfield – sit above a dishevelled shelf of seventy assorted blues CDs, and these days an under-used turntable. I read the CD titles from left to right, tucking in a Broonzy and dusting off a Burnside. I grab...
