Harvest of Highlights

  • August 2021 Playlist

    As the country has effectively removed all Covid restrictions, the past month has seen some large crowds return to sporting events some of which have been particularly memorable. The England football team reached the final of a major tournament for the first time in 55 years, they lost on penalties inevitably but for a brief… Read more

  • The Coral

    I watched the movie ‘Yesterday’ last night, the one about an aspiring singer-songwriter who discovers that the world has no memory or knowledge of The Beatles after a worldwide 12 second power cut. He uses this freak, unexplained circumstance to raid his memory of the Beatles catalogue and claim their songs as his own originals… Read more

  • July 2021 Playlist

    Cover star Paul McCartney was a Beatle. The Beatles are probably the number one band at Fruit Tree Records and they almost certainly always will be. Their adventure in songwriting and music progression, with particular emphasis on melody and lush major/minor chord progressions are at the very heart of what this blog and my journey… Read more

  • June 2021 Playlist

    Summer’s here and the time is right to launch the Fruit Tree Records website…. it’s all about the music! Read more