Hello, I Never Left, I Only Went Away!

 Hello. It's been awhile. I'm back, but  I Never Left, I Only Went Away...Bang! there's two musical references (and links) and we've only just begun! It's true, as The Mighty Wah! once sang, it's "The Return of Rock and Roll".

I know a good few years ago I said I was wrapping this all up but things change, heck even ABBA came back, the Eagles are on their 60th "Farewell Tour" (slight exaggeration but it does seem like it), and even The Rolling Stones made a brand new album last year, so maybe there's a place for Soundtrack4Life in 2024.

I only started this blog to amuse myself, never thinking that there would be anyone out there in the world who would be interested in my ramblings, but I was wrong about that wasn't I?

Even in my absence people have still been checking the blog out, and for that I am truly grateful. There's been well over a Million page views! There's no doubt a lot of dead links and pictures here that are long lost due to my not being around and if requested I will sort some of them out.

I'm not planning to do a daily post as I had previously done as I don't have the concentration to prepare like that these days but I will try and do something at least once a week. Basically this a test run, it's not Soundtrack4Life 2.0 or anything so grand or life altering. It's a short run to see if it's something worth doing and whether or not folks will still drop by for a visit and have a read.

I'm not totally sure how I should go about this, but in the slightly altered words of The Rolling Stones, "Please allow me to reintroduce myself"...I'm Doug (yes, that's me in the picture above). I'm in my sixties now (I was still in my fifties when I last posted!) and I still love music (not as much as I love my wife, because that would be darn silly!), and since the start of April 2019 when I last posted I've listened to a lot of it. I have found new artists/bands, old music that has been new to my ears, music from all sorts of genres (apart from Techno because I've never been able to come to grips with that), kept on listening to many of the artists/bands that I've written about in these blogpages and have found a lot of joy in hearing artists/bands that have been recommended by friends and that's opened a mulitude of avenues of further exploration.

As to what appears on the Soundtrack4Life, it's a case of if I like it and think it's worth writing about then I'll post about it. I've always tried not to be too negative about the the things I am not overly keen on and unlike places like Pitchfork, for example, I will not absolutely slay an artist/band just because they have released something that might be deemed "uncool". I don't do this for money and I certainly don't do it for any rewards from the artists/bands, though down through the years a few of them have been kind enough to send me a CD or two. I will try to maintain that standard if this wee test run takes off. 

As I end let me post a few links of things I'm currently enjoying listening to and watching:

Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show presented by a friend of this blog, Ronnie Carnwath. The link will take you to the Facebook Page where you can find all the information about broadcast times, mixcloud links and a mammoth Spotify Playlist of pretty much most of the music played on the show over the years.

A Matter of Time - Shed Seven. Released at the start of January and a first ever #1 Album for the band.

I Won't Bow Down - P.O.D. latest single from the chaps from The Southtown and a forerunner for their new album 'Veritas' which is expected in May.

Soul Force - Dion with Susan Tedeschi. Latest single from The King of the New York Streets featuring The Queen of The Blues Guitar. This will be on the new album, 'Girl Friends' that's due out in March. Like his last couple of albums, 'Blues With Friends' (2020) and 'Stomping Ground' (2021) it's bound to be a real cracker if the guest list is anything to go by.

That should keep you busy for short while. Until next time.