The cheer that greets the Stones Roses as they arrive onstage to the opening strains of I Wanna Be Adored is deafening: they haven’t done anything yet, and the audience is already behaving as though the gig is a triumph. An impartial observer might be forgiven for being surprised. Reunions of legendary bands are always […]
Month: April 2020
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Nico’s 1974 album remastered and expanded into a 2CD set with the inclusion of five tracks from two John Peel sesions, two tracks from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975 and two tracks from the Rainbow Theatre Allmusic.com review by Dave Thompson: “It is one of the most entrenched visions in the rock critic’s […]
Hi Howard. Well thanks for the kind words not to sure how I have done that. Here are some of the things I really enjoy about the site; it’s relaxed and open nature. It’s aimed at people who enjoy music first and foremost and has none of that petty minded personality clashes which often are […]
Nick Clark writes ….. Many musicians see social networking sites as an ideal way to get closer to fans and drum up publicity for albums and concerts. Nick Cave is not one of those musicians. The 55-year old, described as having “one of the most extraordinary careers in the annals of pop music,” was dragged […]
Coming off the less-than-classic Shake It Up, the Cars decided again to change things up, this time moving from their home studio in Boston to London to record with Mutt Lange. The producer was coming off a string of sleek modern hits, most recently Def Leppard’s Pyromania, and the Cars put themselves in Lange’s capable […]
At a time when the heads of most record labels barely know how to play a record, let alone make one, Manfred Eicher—owner, founder, and inspiration of ECM Records, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2010—has been intimately involved in the making of nearly 1200 of them. How many, though, can he actually remember working […]
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Leon Hendrix tells Kunal Dutta that even now there is bitterness in the family over his brother’s legacy Continue
Graeme Thomson on Tim Hardin, the influential but forgotten purveyor of folk pop. “Bob Dylan once called him “the greatest songwriter alive” and Joe Strummer regarded him as a “lost genius of music”. Yet when Tim Hardin died in 1980, aged just 39, the world barely raised an eyebrow. His best known songs, If […]
Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant talks about his lifelong love of music from the Deep South. Read the entire interview HERE
Louis Armstrong’s biographer John Chilton enjoys a new 10-CD boxset that showcases a musical master. Louis Armstrong’s reputation as the greatest of all jazz musicians will be consolidated by the issue of a ten-CD box set covering much of his recording career. The 165 racks range from his first recorded solo (Chimes Blues in 1923) […]
Neil, As a listener, a civilian if you like and not an editor how important, in your view, is it for a speaker design to sound full bodied and detailed at low sound pressure levels? Well I think it’s rather important that, because so many people live in our overcrowded island in restrictive circumstances where […]
What HiFi write: Rotel has built its business on solidly performing, functional-looking equipment. The new RCD-1572 conforms to type – and that’s no bad thing. The arrival of new CD players has slowed to a trickle, so when we come across one as capable as this one, we’re pretty pleased. Continues HERE
Tony Andrews (contributing editor: Jazz) writes: If, like me you enjoy listening to a wide range of live music then it is not unusual to find that one venue can become very important in your life. During the many years I have been searching for that perfect venue, I never thought I would find it […]
Paul McGowan writes: I’ve been noodling on a comment made a few weeks ago that high-end audio is mostly a status symbol owned by wealthy people who do not care about audio or music. I must say I find that totally wrong and offensive. In fact, the more I think about the comment the more […]
Originally published August 2014 Edmund Finnis is a contemporary composer who grew up as both a chorister and a fan of electronic music Continues HERE
This delightful James Taylor concert from 1976, broadcast live in FM stereo from Pennsylvanias legendary Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, admirably displays the cream of the artists sublime songwriting abilities in the early-to-mid 1970s, as well as highlighting his skills as one of the most consummate performers around at the time. Sharing the stage with […]
Teddy Riley has always had the cutting edge on production. Highlights of his career include forming R&B super groups Guy and Blackstreet, and co-producing and co-engineering Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album – it has sold over 32 million copies and saw him win a Grammy for Best Engineering (non-classical). He has produced countless landmark records, such […]
Roy Harper has a glittering list of admirers, from Pink Floyd to Kate Bush. He tells Rob Hughes why it’s taken 13 years to make a new album. Roy Harper has spent the past five decades crafting some of the most vivid, ravishingly beautiful music of our times. He’s 72 now, one of […]
Two-LP set featuring the first complete collection of the Zombies on the BBC. Researched and compiled by Zombies expert Andrew Sandoval. Includes previously unissued interviews and songs.
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THE GUARDIAN: She’s gone from ringletted country artist to feminist role model and the world’s most charming pop star. As she returns with her catchiest material yet, she talks awards-ceremony etiquette, autobiographical lyrics and why she puts nice before naughty. In Manhattan’s chi-chi Sant Ambroeus restaurant, the pair of smartly dressed women at the next […]