1240: By the entrance to Somerset House on Waterloo Bridge, there is a shop called Knytta, where one can "create your own unique jumper and see it made in front of you."
March 2013, Richmond, Virginia. Matthew E White's Big Inner album has become a minor word-of-mouth sensation: a country-soul fantasia, saturated with lavish horn and string arrangements, mostly recorded in the attic of his Richmond house (You can read my 2013 interview with Matthew E White here).
Bob Dylan has premiered a new track from his forthcoming studio album, Shadows In The Night.
The song, "Stay With Me", is currently streaming on the NPR site.
Shadows In The Night, which is released on February 3, contains songs popularised by Frank Sinatra.
The bulk of the material on the album was recorded by Sinatra while he was signed to Columbia Records during the 1950s.
Dallas Taylor died on Sunday [January 19] of unknown causes in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 66.
Taylor [pictured, right] was best known for his association with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, but his credits also include Van Morrison and Paul Butterfield's band.
