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Forty Years Apart: Why Foreign Tongues Reminds Me of Dirty Work
The reviews are still coming in for Foreign Tongues, and most critics seem relieved simply to have another Rolling Stones album. Fair enough. Mick Jagger is now approaching 83, Keith Richards is 82, and nobody seriously expected another studio record after Hackney Diamonds.
Listening to it, though, I kept thinking of another Stones album - one that almost nobody rates - Dirty Work.
Blair Morgan
Jul 217 min read
A Year Before the End
August 2019. Justin Townes Earle, promoting what would be his last album The Saint of Lost Causes, stood alone on stage in Ōtautahi Christchurch, midway through a set that would barely stretch beyond an hour.
Blair Morgan
Jun 214 min read
Blair's Top 10 Albums 2025
These are simply the albums that mattered to me in 2025. Check out the accompanying Spotify playlist too.
Blair Morgan
Dec 17, 20257 min read
In A Big Country - the EBow and “Sunday River (Ōtautahi)”
Big Country were more than just a band with a distinct sound-they were a group of virtuosos.
Blair Morgan
Jun 3, 20254 min read
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