Disappointed to end 2010 with a blogging lull – a post on the sad death of Captain Beefheart hardly seems like the most positive way to end the old decade and greet the new one.

So the WordPress challenge of making a Daily Post seems like a good resolution and I’ll see how far I get with it. I’ve signed up with every good intention.

To get off on a good musical note, I can do no better than forward a link to a new song by acoustic guitar hero Yair Yona who I raved about in a post on 8th July 2010.

He has done an affectionate cover (with singing!) of Bert Jansch‘s The Bright New Year which is available to download for free here or check out the You Tube link first if you’re feeling overly cautious. Very short but very sweet.

Check out his Small Town Romance blog too, which always has excellent reviews and off the radar musical discoveries. His end of year best of list is going to keep me busy for the first part of January checking out his recommendations. No matter how much music I listen to (and I listen to A LOT) there’s always something new to surprise and delight. Hopefully, I can touch on a few of my own finds in the coming year during the 365 days of revelations (plus the usual rants on other topics of course!).

WISHING A BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO READERS OLD AND NEW!!!

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