Driving through Lancashire yesterday I must have seen at least half a dozen rainbows, it was definitely a four seasons in one day Autumn day: sun, wind, rain, hail and cold, cold, cold.

There's a band I like called Husky Rescue. Many of their songs have a summer vibe but their track Rainbow Flows always makes me think of Autumn because it reminds me of the last holiday Ma Bisto and I had before the kids came along, when we went to the south of France for a couple of weeks in October and it was baking hot. It was a shock returning to Blighty in the cold and the wet and this track became a constant reminder in the days afterwards that somewhere above the black and grey clouds was something called the sun.

Husky Rescue - Rainbow Flows

I love autumn too, and Trick of The Tail and Wind & Wuthering always seem to fit the season well. Particularly, "Entangled" from Trick of The Tail.

Portishead's first album is another autumnal one for me.

I never tire of this. It's absolutely superb:

This IS Autumn:

...of a whole album by 'Mama' called 'Crow Coyote Buffalo', made a couple of years ago - featuring Sarah McQuaid and Zoe Young and some Cornish nu-folkie types. Here's the remake of Zoe's 'Sunshine on a rainy day' from the album, which gives the feel for it:

Slight morning chill in the air. Low sunlight (windows need cleaning again). First open fire of the year. And, without fail

Last month obviously opened with

With the first frost, it'll be Anthony Phillips' Beauty and the Beast.

Not that I'm getting set in my ways or anything.

And love searching out autumn songs.

Some of my favourites include.

Haywire - The Jayhawks
Sullivan Street - Counting Crows
September Song - Frank Sinatra or Ian McCulloch
California Dreaming - Mammas and Pappas

Just love a slightly melancholic song playing in the car as I drive through country lanes with beautiful colours in the trees.