the widow's world

It's been a while - and the character of this blog has changed - but I'm determined to finish my series  featuring one track from e...

We may not (yet) be getting Plan B for the Economy - and Ben Drew is unlikely to be made Chancellor - but I can still feature him here. Fro...

This week's act have charted 8 times - but with just 5 songs. Indeed, in terms of the Top 40, they have charted 5 times with 3 songs! T...

Okay, okay, I've overlooked Florence + The Machine, Biffy Clyro and even Alicia Keys in my considerations for this entry but, well, I a...

Following recent appearances from Paolo Nutini and La Roux in this strand, I very almost chose them again this week (for "Pencil Full ...

Yazoo, Eurythmics , Pet Shop Boys , Hurts , Soft Cell, Erasure ... There is something about Synthpop that seems to generate great duos. ...

The Killers have featured on these pages before - including when they featured for an appearance on NOW! 60. But, on the basis that you ca...

Well, well, well, we've reached 70! I feel like I'm finally on the home stretch of what has been a bit of an epic undertaking. If y...

This week's tune is from the new "Global Creative Director" of Blackberry, Alicia Keys... ...however, that is coincidenta...

This isn't going to be popular (well certainly amongst certain quarters) but I don't care. My blog, my rules. This week's p...

I think I may be hitting a period (the late "noughties") when my interest in pop diminished - I know that I could barely identif...

This week's tune has such an irresistible joie de vivre, I defy anyone not to like it! Should I bend over, should I look older, just ...

It's a New Year and some things haven't changed: I'm a day late in bringing you this week's NOW! That's What I Call A...

This weeks selection is from Sandi Thom whose career flickered briefly in mid- to late- 2000's but never really took off in the way th...

Shock, horror, this week's entry in the NOW! That's What I Call A Tune! is on time... The entry was going to be by Corinne Bail...

Finally, up to date again! Fingers crossed I can keep normal service up each Wednesday from now until the end of the series in around 20 we...

The mid-2000's were, it seems a bit of a purple patch in terms of correlation between my musical tastes and that of the tracks in the H...

NOW! 60 features a (relative) embarrassment of riches to select from but ultimately it had to be The Killers with Somebody Told Me: ...

When I started reading the reading the track list for NOW! 59, I thought I would be hard pushed to see past track two: Maroon 5's She ...

Oh dear, I'm 5 weeks behind on this series, so there will be a splurge of posts over the next few days while I catch up! First up, ...