Past Tunes — Timeless Music, Unforgettable Stories
Rediscover the voices, songs and stories that shaped the 1970s & 1980s.
Memory Lane Music Photo: Tim Napier, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know the album they came from or even the year they … Read more
Photo: Arnaud Mesureur, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. There is a particular pleasure in returning to a song you first heard years ago and finding that it has not stood still. The recording is the same, of course, but you are not, and the song meets you differently each time. A line that once sounded … Read more
Photo: Tim Napier, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. That instant recognition is the reward for years of work … Read more
Photo: Pellesvensson, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know the album they came from or even the year they were … Read more
Photo: Laura Wielo, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. There is a particular pleasure in returning to a song you first heard years ago and finding that it has not stood still. The recording is the same, of course, but you are not, and the song meets you differently each time. A line that once sounded … Read more
Photo: Gerda Arendt, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. That instant recognition is the reward for years of work … Read more
Photo: Jaclyn Clark, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know the album they came from or even the year they … Read more
Photo: Jez Timms, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Some records do not need an introduction. Put the needle down, or press play, and the room changes within a few seconds: a riff, a voice, a rhythm that feels as if it has always been there. That instant recognition is the reward for years of work … Read more
Photo: Wolf Schram, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Every era has its anthems, but only a few songs become shorthand for a whole way of feeling. They turn up at weddings and funerals, in films and in kitchens, quoted by people who may not know the album they came from or even the year they … Read more
Photo: Matheus Ferrero, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. There is a particular pleasure in returning to a song you first heard years ago and finding that it has not stood still. The recording is the same, of course, but you are not, and the song meets you differently each time. A line that once sounded … Read more