Written by Jay Jay French First off, I hope many of you are listening to my new Podcast called The Jay Jay French Connection: Beyond the Music (available on Spotify, Apple Music and Podcastone.com) Great topics, great guests, and my new book, Twisted Business: Lessons From my Life in Rock n Roll is coming out […]
Month: January 2022
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An exclusive clip of Buddy Guy’s performance of “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” from Guitar Center Sessions MORE
Originally published 2001
Levit’s double album of Bach, Brahms and Reger captures the lockdown mood. Plus, Wagner at Wahnfried, a rising-star pianist’s debut, and where Derek Jarman meets Henryk Górecki https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/12/igor-levit-encounter-review-wagner-at-wahnfried-bayreuth-christian-thielemann-daumants-liepins-debut-strange-concord-derek-jarman-prospect-cottage-ben-whishaw
I’m grateful to Ben Apfel for the link to the most interesting site. All too easy to spend money here as it caters very comprehensively for some sections of my musical taste. You can read about it HERE:
And the things is, I don’t usually like this type of music. Now though, I’m (almost) converted. A succesful and cheap experiment! MORE Click HERE to see how I bought mine for 99p – brand new. A bit more expensive now though.
Phill Jupitus and Clare Grogan want your stories, dedications and memories about a stack of classic BBC Music performances, around the theme of friendship. Check out the selections on the Clips page and email us jukebox@bbc.co.uk to request a song and give us your reason why. Choose from the likes of Carole King, Paul Simon, […]
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/06/desert-island-discs-75-defining-moments-from-75-years-castaways
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D. writes a… Would you ever go out with someone who listens to Justin Bieber? Unfortunately, I do. My girlfriend and I have many common interests, but when it comes to music her love of mainstream pop is just hard for me to digest. So, what do we know about the psychology of […]
The thread starts: I am sitting here listening to a Doris Day LP from the ’50s. The original copy I had was from my Dad’s collection and I thought that it was pretty astounding. It is mono, but has the greatest sense of presence and weight. LPs from today all sound anemic in comparison. My […]
From Ma Rainey on Netflix and the Billie Holiday doc to a new book on Bessie Smith, the fearless innovators of American roots music are being recognised in bold new ways, says Stephanie Phillips MORE
Her mother blackmailed her, her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini stole from her, and shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis was violent and abandoned her for Jackie Kennedy. Soprano Maria Callas was adored by audiences worldwide but she never knew real love offstage, and her life was even more tragic than previously realised, according to research. In writing […]
Presenting a herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms collected together for your listening pleasure. Ultimately rare and genuinely obscure sounds from around the world with a particular eye on the hidden rumblings of British psychedelia. Five discs spanning the psychedelic period with ultra-rare and previously un-compiled nuggets from Enough’s Enough, Wheels Of Time, […]
About a year ago, a curious new website appeared, claiming to represent The New Face Of Jazz. With so much of jazz’s public image oriented toward the music of decades past, it seemed important to follow. But who was this new face? How would it be profiled? Why was it being done? Who was behind it? […]
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/13/brahms-complete-songs-vol-1-opp-32-43-86-and-105-review-masterful-and-revelatory-interpretation
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mental-health-music-industry-frank-turner-b1825126.html
Violinist Kopatchinskaja gives the remarkable Camerata Bern and cellist Gabetta space to impress in this vivid collection https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/14/plaisirs-illumines-works-by-veress-ginastera-coll-etc-review-patricia-kopatchinskaja-camerata-bern
From the archives After Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer two years ago, his calm, philosophical acceptance of imminent death made him even more beloved and admired. And then the strangest thing happened: he didn’t die. So now what? A terrific read HERE
More cohesive than many a posthumous release, Allen’s legacy is well-served here, especially on the more experimental tracks MORE