Last week, Wind Back Wednesday enjoyed an all too brief soak in the majesty that is Dusty Springfield’s Dusty In Memphis. The splendour that is Dusty can’t be touched. This is known. But Shelby Lynne, a woman without fear but with abundant talent and smarts, didn’t just touch, she dived headfirst into the songs of Dusty Springfield for 2008’s Just A Little Lovin’. It was a triumph then. It’s a triumph still. SHELBY LYNNE Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway/Universal) There is

Released 50 years ago, to underwhelming sales and attention, Dusty Springfield’s Dusty In Memphis has come to represent one of the great highs of soul and pop by one of the finest, if tortured, singers of all time. Songs by writers established and rising, alongside established greats. Performances by some of the best musicians in the field. And an Englishwoman of Irish descent whose connection with the American South was non-existent and yet deep and true. In this review from

As I said in an earlier post, I had to pick 50 songs from 50 years to mark a landmark that we don’t need to go over again here thank you very much (cos I still feel like the 13-year-old and I sure act like him often enough). Only one song per year, one song per artist, each with some significance for me. There was a CD, so along with the songs these are excerpts from the liner notes. (Of course there were liner notes.) The first tranche takes us from 1965 to 1989. 1965: The