Talking about music (again).

Whilst the rest of the population have become professional bakers, runners, gardeners or liars (you know who) during the on-and-off lockdowns, I have turned to music to fill my time. I thought I would dig out this old blog to talk about some of it.

With virtually all live music off the cards until next year, (the last live event I attended was the BBC Radio 6 Music festival in Camden, eight(!) months ago on the 8th March, 15 days before the UK lockdown began), I've turned to Bandcamp, radio, and my local record stores to satisfy my love for music. 

 

Anna Meredith at the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in March 2020

It's been refreshing to have a little more time to actually just sit and listen to records without feeling like I should be doing something else, or that I am being "unproductive". The world we live in makes it so easy to feel that sitting and listening to an album from start to finish is a waste of time. It's so nice to treat listening to music as an active experience rather than a passive one. Music has always been a love of mine, but this pandemic has made me realise just how important it is to me as a way of escaping from the world around me.

I thought I would use this opportunity to restart writing a music blog where I can share my opinions and favourite new (and old) musical discoveries. I started this blog about five years ago now and kept up some interest for a few months before inevitably running out of time amongst other life things. I've removed the majority of the old content to start afresh. Who knows how long I'll keep it up for this time, but I'm excited to give it another stab.

I don't expect anyone to really read this, but if you do happen to stop by, I would love to hear your opinions and start discussions with people (music podcast anyone?!).