Tag Archives: Scott Walker

Song Of The Day – Jesse by Scott Walker

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘The Drift’ (2006)

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Essential Listening: The Basic Channel EPs

Posted on 23/02/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

So, I’ve been binging on Basic Channel stuff for the last month. And yeah, at some point, a renaissance of material this good is inevitable. So a better question is this – how did I get here? Well, the seed … Continue reading →

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Song Of The Day – The Electrician by The Walker Brothers

Posted on 02/11/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Nite Flights’ (1978)

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Essential Listening: Benji – Sun Kil Moon (2014)

Posted on 02/04/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

When music is created, then pressed and or burned, it doesn’t disappear. Thanks to the internet, even records that go out of print live on. What does this mean? It means by the gift of logic, as a medium, music … Continue reading →

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Essential Listening: The Drift – Scott Walker (2006)

Posted on 01/12/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Because it’s so diverse, there are many ways to approach Scott Walker’s discography. Most tend to discover him from his earliest, most popular, incarnation, either as part of The Walker Brothers, or after he went solo with a string of … Continue reading →

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