So, Gregg … Firstly thanks very much & thank you for having me! Q What do you hope people take from New Dawn and your music in general? A. A sense of joy & happiness which is in the tradition of Osibisa’s music. It’s all about happy vibes especially during these times of the pandemic. […]
Month: July 2021
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Today I’m listening to the following and liking them VERY much – and you might too: Beechwood Sparks: “Sparks Fly Again” Nada Surf: “Jules & Jim” The Coal Porters “Draft Morning”
Spooky Tooth lead singer Mike Harrison’s three albums for Island Records, dating from 1971, 1972 and 1975 On the first album Harrison was backed by the Junkyard Angels, but on the other two a host of session musicians were used including the Memphis Horns, Barry Beckett, Kenny Buttrey and Wayne Jackson Between the second and […]
Collection of outakes, tracks 1-13 Recorded 11th February, 1963 14-20 Recorded 5th March, 1963 21-26 Recorded 12th September, 1963 27 Recorded 17 October, 1963All Tracks Words & Music By John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Except Don’t Bother Me, By George Harrison 1. There’s A Place – Take 1 2. There’s A Place – Take 2 […]
New research into how and when the muse strikes finds that even fairly mundane activities can feed in to new insights. Continue
Since making a spread sheet with my audio system prices, I have been thinking(shocked) about my total investment in cables. My total system retails at $67,000 (Digital and analog front ends included). I purchased all of it here on Audiogon so my investment is about 50%. Of that I have about 10% invested in interconnects […]
The Tuner on the R-2000 is actually quite sophisticated. It will easily out perform the ones in your RX-1603, 2500 and SX-1250. As for the “horses”, bear in mind that the R-2000 is 2 generations down the road from the CR-3020 and benefited from all of the advanced research being done at the time. Most […]
Andrew Clements writes: No one would dispute that the first operatic masterpiece was Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, which was first performed in Mantua in 1607. But establishing what should be regarded as the very first opera of all, who composed it, and what that work consisted of, is much less straightforward. It is hard to pinpoint precisely […]
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by Aaron Green Updated November 13, 2017 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) is one of the world’s most famous and influential composers of classical music. His music has been played all over the world for two centuries. Even if you’ve never been in a concert hall, if you’ve seen a movie—any movie—in your life, chances are […]
Nonesuch / Perro Verde Records release Ry Cooder’s first live record in more than 35 years, Live in San Francisco, on September 10, 2013. Recorded in 2011 during a special two-night engagement at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, the album includes 12 songs and was produced by Cooder. The Corridos Famosos band includes Joachim […]
The unlikely union of Suicide’s Alan Vega, Big Star’s Alex Chilton, and singer-songwriter Ben Vaughn happened in December 1994 in a fog of cigarette smoke at two barely-lit, all-night improv sessions at Dessau Studios in New York. What transpired was the group’s only release, a brilliant album called Cubist Blues. Some kind of alchemy happened. […]
After reading the review, and being a sucker for cheap tweaks, I tried them in my system. I only had two line fuses to replace -one in my Simaudio Nova CD player and one in my Simaudio W-3 amp. The latter has no cct. board fuses for each channel [probably a good thing]. I couldn’t […]
Paul McGowan writes: We all know it’s not good to get stressed out, but did you know preamp’s and sources feel the same way? Nothing stresses a preamp or source out more than having to drive an uncomfortable load like a long cable. Some preamps and sources have better designs than others, but in general, […]
Genuinely interested in a debate on this topic. There are many mentions of the so called “expectation bias” effect on the forum, usually linked to those in the subjectivist camp, by those in the objectivist camp. These often seem to be loosely coupled with claims that people who buy expensive equipment like to be […]
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They tell us….. Features more than 30 original recordings remastered from the original BBC tape archives. Covers all of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s British radio and television appearances and features recordings from Hendrix’s studio appearances in 1967 and 1969. This Gold-selling, double CD collection includes classic radio highlights like “Can You Please Crawl Out Your […]
First published in 2013 Ahead of a new compilation of James Brown shows, Robert Webb lists the best live records Continue
Fiona Maddocks writes ….. The Trio Wanderer, now 30 years old, sounds as sparkling and zestful as ever in Dvorák’s infectious “Dumky” trio, Op 90, truly a work to lift spirits, though not without melancholy. The last of the composer’s works for the medium, it bursts with Slavonic dance rhythms and lyrical folk melody, wonderfully […]
Paul McGowan: I recently enjoyed the latest version of Murder on the Orient Express. I’m certain everyone’s seen at least one version of this Agatha Christie classic but if you haven’t, it’s alright because I won’t tell you who done it. The antagonist in the film is named Mr. Ratchett but his real identity is […]
‘One Man Band features Live Recordings of Taylor’s Greatest Hits. The set list is drawn from Taylor’s recent concerts at the Colonial Theatre in the Berkshires and features new performances from some of the iconic singer/songwriter’s most beloved recordings including “Something in the Way,” “Carolina in my Mind,” and “Fire and Rain,” interspersed with Taylor’s […]
From scatalogical Mozart to possibly the worst music Wagner ever wrote, Tom Service unearths five pieces that rarely appear on concert programmes – perhaps for good reasons. Please click HERE to continue
We are told ….. Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called the Magic Band (1965–1982), with whom he recorded 13 […]