Here’s a good one for the measurement nerds in us all. How to quantify emotional engagement. How is it that a technically inferior technology like vinyl can often better engage us emotionally than a technologically superior format like DSD? And to make matters worse, a vinyl reproduction of a DSD master like those we have […]
Month: August 2022
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A more relaxed attitude may be emerging towards the colossal musical legacy of Britain’s modern titan of the opera MORE
Originally published in 2013 Former Cream drummer Ginger Baker talks about his battle with heroin, how he was the original Rolling Stones drummer and being the subject of the documentary Beware of Mr Baker MORE
Soul singer Aretha Franklin is angry over unauthorised biography by former collaborator David Ritz, claiming it is “full of lies” Please click HERE to continue
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers / Greatest Hits Joan Baez / Songbird Howlin’ Wolf / Blues From Hell The Count Bishops / Speedball Bach / Cantata #29 BWV 29 “Wir Danken Dir, Gott”
Andy Mckee is a guitar maestro whose YouTube videos have had more than 80 million views. MORE
Billed as Almost Summer, the first concert ever at Giants Stadium featured The Beach Boys, Steve Miller Band, Pablo Cruise, and local band Stanky Brown. Steve Miller was flying high on the back of his tenth studio album Book Of Dreams, an album that like it’s predecessor Fly Like An Eagle, produced three hit […]
It is always difficult to have to reject the hard work of anyone but, in the long run, it’s critical to maintain standards. While auditioning a candidate recording we made of a wonderful musician for Octave, I had the unfortunate task of saying no. No, it’s not good enough. No, it serves neither the music […]
Jimi Hendrix watched them rehearse, Stevie Wonder joined them on drums, and Fela Kuti partied with them in Lagos. Osibisa, whose African sunshine sound captivated the planet, have now returned MORE
The Complete Art Pepper at Ronnie Scott’s 1980′ (7xLP box set including 16 page booklet) (Including seventeen performances previously unavailable along with all the tracks on the two Mole Jazz albums Blues For The Fisherman and True Blues) “Art Pepper was booked to appear at Ronnie Scott’s during the last two weeks of June 1980 […]
The dictionary defines the word paradox as a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. Such is the nature of audio transparency. Invisible sound. A seeming paradox. On the one hand, we can never hope to see sound. So the idea that some sound appears […]
TO RECAP: In this, my latest experiment, I decided to buy as many pre-owned / low cost CD players as I could afford for the investigation and NONE over £40 each from the major auction site. Part #1: I wanted to determine if via my reference £100 system, I could (a) here and worthwhile improvement […]
MEMPHIS, June 2 ― It was once the cradle of blues and rock for America and synonymous with the magic of B.B. King. But Memphis is not the musical beacon it used to be. With the death of the legendary blues guitarist King last month, the city has lost of one its last favourite sons. […]
Stephen Ross writes: A stands for Alberich, antisemitism and Apocalypse Now. A is for Alberich, the vertically challenged, sex-crazed villain whose theft of the gold at the beginning of Das Rheingold – the prelude to the Ring Cycle – triggers a train of deranged events, which concludes four evenings and 15 hours later with the […]
Very special highlights collection of Jack Bruce’s work will be available this autumn with the release of Sunshine of Your Love: A Life in Music. The career spanning 35-track 2CD anthology will feature the greatest works from the legendary musician, composer and bass virtuoso. The anthology celebrates the highlights of Jack Bruce’s career and covers […]
Miles Davis – horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It […]
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Bruckner sung by Polyphony, Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings and Clement Doucet’s playful take on Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xkbgt
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