THE DUDLEY MOORE TRIO: Today (CD)

We are told: • Regardless of the brilliance of Dudley Moore’s celebrated comic partnership with Peter Cook, his marriages and abundant romantic assignations, the relationship which was surely most dear to him was with music. He could pull hilarious classical pastiches – like Beethoven ‘variations on Colonel Bogey’, and Britten’s ‘Little Miss Muffett’ – out of […]

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KEB MO: That Hot Pink Blues Album (Vinyl 2LP + Download)

When Keb’ Mo’ first was pitched the idea of releasing a double live album that captured the essence of his 2015 tour, he had a particular and unexpected instruction for his team: “Make it Hot Pink!” Indeed, that’s exactly what they did with Live: That Hot Pink Blues Album. It began as almost an afterthought […]

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MUDDY WATERS: Live ’76 At Paul’s Mall, Boston (CD)

Muddy arrived in Boston on 15th June 1976, on his 60th birthday when was met with open arms by city mayor Kevin White. The mayor would proudly proclaim during Waters’ appearance at Paul’s Mall that night, that from this day forth, the 15th June shall now be known as Muddy Water’s Day. Waters has his […]

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BENCHMARK MEDIA: AHB2 power amplifier – test review

Stereophile: I first saw Benchmark’s AHB2 stereo power amplifier at the 2013 Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, in New York City. On silent display in Benchmark’s booth on the convention floor, its compact size and comprehensive features made the amp immediately attractive, and the design was described as a departure from traditional analog and […]

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Stephen Layton / Trinity College Choir, Cambridge Bach: Mass in B minor Stephen Layton / Trinity College Choir, Cambridge Bach: Mass in B minor – AllMusic Review by James Manheim

The Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232, assembled from bits and pieces over some years, coheres in its final form in ways that perhaps only the composer understood. This recording by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Stephen Layton has been road-tested in performances around Britain […]

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Now that’s what I call a life in music!

As the Now compilation albums reach their 30th anniversary, a keen collector charts the tunes he will always associate with moments in his life Like so many things in the music/hifi world we invite you to take what you like HERE and …. leave the rest

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