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Month: August 2022
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National Educational Television broadcast as “The Sounds of Summer”. July 7th 1969 , Mississippi River Festival, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie – Folk Artists Paired at Festival It is from widely separated backgrounds that Joni Mitchell and Arlo Guthrie, Monday night’s entertainers at the Mississippi River Festival, derive their widely separated, […]
“The legendary Doc Pomus was one of the most important songwriters of the early sixties and in the history of American popular music. For the first time ever we have compiled a mesmerising 56 track 2CD set coupling his early recordings as a blues singer with his hits as a songwriter. Includes such great acts […]
At first glance, it is not clear to us why an oversized power supply sounds better, or one cable sonically outperforms another. This is because not everything is obvious. It helps to take some things on faith (at least for the briefest of moments). Faith for most of us comes only with great difficulty. We […]
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A new batch of 5in1 box sets celebrating legendary jazz artists from the Verve catalogue.This run includes Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holiday.These sets are CDs in wallets housed in a slipcase. 1. Lester Leaps In – Peterson, Oscar 2. Easy Does It – […]
Jazz Saxophone legend Art Pepper’s Neon Art LP series coming to CD for first time on Omnivore Recordings. In 2012, Omnivore Recordings issued a series of unreleased music from jazz legend Art Pepper on colored vinyl. Now Omnivore, in conjunction with Laurie Pepper and Widow’s Taste Music, proudly offer these landmark recordings on CD and digital. Neon […]
Michell Mercer … Did you hear about the Italian gallery owner who last year — with the cooperation of the painters? It was a sort of desperate smoke signal to his government; a means of protesting funding cuts. If there haven’t been similar protests in the U.S. lately, it could be because we’re used to […]
In a recent post, The Bark Syndrome, I identified a problem that is difficult to pinpoint its source. Barking voices. You’ve no doubt experienced on multiple recordings the bark of a loud voice. The signer gets going and suddenly you wince. Your face scrunches. Where in the chain does this change in quality occur? If we […]
Previously published here Following on from their successful appearance at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, Pet Shop Boys have released their 11th studio album, Elysium. Here Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe tell the story of the album. MORE
Playing a musical instrument throughout your life protects your hearing in old age, a Canadian study suggests. The study, published in Psychology and Aging, carried out hearing tests on 74 adult musicians and 89 non-musicians. It found a 70-year-old musician’s hearing was as good as that of a 50-year-old who did not play. MORE
Live at the Navy Pier Ballroom, Chicago IL on 3rd 1988. By 1988 K.D. Lang’s unique brand of offbeat country music (which she famously dubbed “torch and twang”) was fast making her a star beyond her native Canada. She and her band the Reclines performed this superb set at the Navy Pier Ballroom […]
Legendary Valentines Day 1980 recording Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality Background liners and images Recorded on Valentine’s Day 1980, shortly after the release of their hugely successful Permanent Waves album, this tight and forceful live set captures the long-lived Canadian trio at their progressive best. Presented in superb […]
Bette Midler is tiny but what she lacks in height she makes up for in attitude. She’s running late, then suddenly she’s not, except, in the end, it turns out she is. There is a PR to meet me in the foyer of Claridge’s, and a PR in the hall of the huge suite that […]
Wedaeli writes: “Billie Holiday is our hero” Val Wiseman announced from the Playhouse stage. She’s not overstating. Wiseman and her six-piece band have been touring for nearly two decades, all the while performing their take on Billie Holiday’s repertoire. You’d be mistaken for thinking that this Saturday night’s gig was among their first shows. In […]
A rare unit and that’s probably why we could only find these two in our image vault. Oh well.
A new batch of 5in1 box sets celebrating legendary jazz artists from the Verve catalogue.This run includes Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holiday.These sets are CDs in wallets housed in a slipcase. 1. Little White Lies 2. You Hit The Spot 3. What’s Your […]
Might as well go for broke. This post will focus on 4Ω vs. 8Ω speakers and varying impedances with frequency of those speakers. First a bit of a refresher. It is a misnomer to think that 4Ω speakers take more power than 8Ω speakers. They do not. Loudspeakers are rated according to their sensitivity: how […]
Since 1956, when she first appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, Toshiko Akiyoshi has been a significant force in the jazz world, both as pianist and composer. She was the first woman to win DownBeat magazine’s Best Arranger/Composer poll category. The New York Times called her “perhaps the most physically articulate conductor since Duke Ellington.” […]
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, including the godfather of New Orleans jazz Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. Continue HERE
Tony Andrews writes ….. Many people are convinced that The 60s were the most important era in British and American Music. I was around at the time and yes, I can honestly say that it was. Many exciting groups helped to structure quality jazz music. Many of the musicians continued to drive evolutionary music styles […]