Stop Making War February 2026
Words And Music Some New Mostly Re-visited Tunes....Get It While You Can
Iran and other Middle East countries are not the only things to be bombarded at the end of February. Your ears, eyes, senses, hearts and souls have been given a hiding. The illegality of this action, the decision by this so-called President of Peace, has been on the cards for many weeks. The taste for blood and war seems to be growing in the gut of the leader of the USA.
His popularity is underwater, the Pediot in Chief seems closer and closer to being directly linked to some nefarious, distasteful, illegality linked to Epstein and America is no closer to affordability.
The Regime Of No More Middle East Wars has attacked a sovereign nation. The regime of peace has killed Iran’s supreme leader. But when a regime using Pine Gap intelligence from Australia can pinpoint and kill this one man and his team, it is hard to believe what is to follow was an error.
A local girls’ school in Iran was reduced to rubble.
That is only the building. Over 150 people were bombed to death by Israel or the United States. Children. Children. Children. You can find a needle in a proverbial haystack, but your bombs fall on a school. This is a war crime. Bibi and the Orange Demented one shall rot in hell or someplace worse.
We have attacked a sovereign nation. We have killed its supreme leader. We have struck inside its territory. We have seen a school reduced to rubble and little bodies pulled from concrete. And we have heard language about “foreseeable conflict.”
Some of the records I have been delving into go way back. Even the beginning of February seems like a very long time ago. Shit, the killing of Renee Good is barely 2 months ago. Time is speeding up… so much to process in each day. This is why we say we must get back to the garden, a place where we can actually experience a moment.
Let’s take that moment out for something a bit lighter, and I will share with you some musical moments from February that have soothed my ears. The smell, sound, and colours of war will surround us for some weeks ahead. I’ve got more things to say about that, as you can imagine.
Here are some flowers from the past that deserve a sniff if you have some time.
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Leon Russell’s eponymous album released in 1970 had George and Ringo, Steve Winwood, Joe Cokcer, Wyman and Jagger and more. Hummingbird, A Song For You, and Delta Lady are classics.
Remember Robert Palmer and his hits in the 80’s and 90’s like Addicted To Love, Simply Irresistible, and Bad Case Of Loving You? His first release in 1974, Sneaking Sally Through The Alley, is a classic that many people missed. Lowell George and The Meters lend a hand with many others. If you like Little Feat, check out this record, and if you like it, make sure you slip into his second record, Pressure Drop, recorded in 1975. This album has Little Feat as its backing band.
Spent some time re-visiting the beautiful vocals and quirky folk/blues/roots of Valerie June. Mountain of Rose Quartz from 2008 is a fine place to start with this Tennessee native. If you are captured by her talent, jump on any of her other releases.
Was just wondering who has produced more records: Rick Rubin, Dan Auerbach or Don Was? I will have to look into that one. Cypress Grove is a sweet blues recording for this Mississippi bluesman, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. Marcus King joins in on some guitar, and others wander in and out of the studio. Holmes owns the Blue Front Café, Mississippis longest running juke joint, and you can hear the floorboards and smell the whiskey in these tracks.
Check out the Super Deluxe Taking Heads-More Songs About Buildings and Food recently released. The live gig included is worth every minute. If you ever experienced them back then, or want to know what the buzz was all about, have a listen.
From 2023, I wandered back to Them Coulee Brothers and their little 30-minute/8-track release, Ten Years Tall. Think Avett Brothers from Wisconsin. After that, I found myself in 2016 with Heart Like A Levee from Hiss Golden Messenger. I only really delved into this band in the last few years, and with 15 studio records, I am just digesting it all.
Also listened to Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues from 1983, which features him and his brother on guitars covering some classics from Norman Blake, Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan and others. This led me to the Punch Brothers’ 2022 reimagining of this record, Hell On Church Street. This record was to be a gift to Rice, but he took off to the sky before the record was finished.
My Grateful Dead pick of the month was Dave’s Picks Volume 41 from May 1977. Just over 3 hours recorded on May 26, 1977, in Baltimore. That run was outstanding.
I also played Neil Young’s On The Beach a few times….is it my favourite? This month it was.
New Releases worth a visit: Tyler Ballgame-For The First Time Again-beautiful singing and sounds like Nillson and Orbison in some ways; Kyle Roland-Not Holding Back-Rick Estrin and Kid Anderson produced California blues, smooth and sweet like a Napa Valley drop; Mike Hollon-Irving Park, a nice folk record and Back pOrchEstra-Stories In The Heart. Self-described as such: Original and vintage Roots Rock, Americana, Country Blues, Singer/Songwriter, Cajun and Western Swing with rich acoustic tones. A little Dan Hicks, Patsy Cline and Hank Williams, so you get the drift.
There are a few other tracks thrown in to make up this month’s listening pleasure.
Take a moment. Time is a treasure. Peace. It’s all we want.
