She was promptly banned for life by broadcaster NBC, pelted with eggs in the street and booed during live shows. Ed Power reflects on the impact of that night and the contrasting reactions in the US and Ireland READ MORE
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AC power is a complicated subject if quality is to be considered. The number of problems needing attention includes regulation, removal of noise, guarding against surges and spikes, lowering of impedance, isolation, restoring missing energy, attaining the correct level, uncontaminated grounds, ensuring there is enough current (both dynamic and steady state) for the job. What […]
His first album of new material in almost eight years in 2004 was certainly very much in the straightforward blues-rock mold, emphasis on the “blues” over “rock.” The songs here are a mixture of originals, contributions from past and present sidemen. A fantastic collection of good-natured blues-rock, and the acoustic “That Wouldn’t Satisfy” that provides […]
The goal of psychoacoustics is to understand how people perceive and experience sound. This can be at a low level; for example, we might want to understand how accurately you can locate a sound source, or we might want to measure the smallest change in sound level you can detect. We can also work at […]
Classic live radio broadcast from 1974 Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for enhanced sound quality Background liners Klondike’s celebratory edition of this blues master’s retrospective live work serves to amaze and educate as Bloomfield had done with his seminal 1975 solo album If You Love These Blues, Play ‘em As You Please. For fluency […]
Named after the legend painted on Paul Weller’s amp, ‘Fire And Skill’ is a superb six disc boxed set – featuring six previously unreleased concerts, one from each year of The Jam’s major-label career. Starting with an incendiary early gig at London’s famous 100 Club from 1977, the show featured took place 10 months after […]
Emotional echoes of the artist’s complicated public history reverberate through his album’s solid collection of mature mid-tempo rockers and ballads Calling his seventh album Jude was an act of reclamation for Julian Lennon. In a recent interview, the 59-year-old explained that, while 1968 song “Hey, Jude” is “a great chanting song, a favourite Beatles song”, […]
“This 3 CD set is the perfect introduction to the work of guitar maestro Larry Carlton who has been one of the most in-demand guitarists in the worlds of jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop and rock since his earliest recordings in 1968. CD1 features tracks from 3 classic recordings – Larry Carlton […]
The musical past does not always recede at a uniform speed, measured coolly in years or decades. Sometimes an artist’s death can make an entire era feel suddenly more distant. That was the case with the passing this month of the Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, one of the last prominent links to a legendary chapter […]
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There is plenty of blood coursing through the veins of these lesser-known works, says Geoffrey Norris Continues HERE
Ivan Hewett, Chief Classical Music and Jazz Critic 3 January 2018 • 12:06pm Beats & Pieces Big Band, Ronnie Scott’s ★★★★☆ Few sounds are as instantly recognisable as a big band. And that’s its problem. Those choirs of trumpets and horns raised in ecstatic harmony carry one irresistibly back to a different, more glamorous age. It […]
We are told ….. During 1964 The Stones booked two sessions at the legendary Chess studios. They recorded the big hits ‘It’s All Over Now’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’. Also recorded were eight legendary outtakes which were never officially released including ‘Goodbye Girl’, a rare Bill Wyman composition. Also included are bonus tracks […]
Denis Poole writes: Much of the early buzz surrounding the release of ‘East Bay Soul 2.0’ was about how a sensational campaign to raise the $25,000 necessary to record the album hit its target. However, now it’s all about the music. Make no mistake; this is a collection of the highest order and everything […]
Led Zeppelin will continue their reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album How The West Was Won, originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. CD – Remastered audio on three CDs HOW THE WEST WAS WON highlights the best performances from […]
On April 18, 1990, shortly after the release of their self-titled third album, the Silos performed about 75 minutes of music for the SNAP alternative music radio program. Broadcast on KCRW in Santa Monica, California near Los Angeles, it features versions of all but one song from that third album, as well as selections from […]
Terry wrote to us recently as follows and we are delighted to publish his text here. Thank you Terry. Hi there… Just registered. I searched for Gale on your site and found some great info. I’ve just restored a pair of 401a’s and your readers may be interested in how it worked out. Process documented […]
Kleanthes Koniaris writes: Reading music is really all about memorization. You painfully learn how to look at a printed note (on paper) and immediately finger the instrument in the correct way. On a piano, each note lands on exactly one of the 88 keys, and this is fantastic. On a guitar, a given note could […]
Albert King was one of three kings (B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King) who helped in defining the blues and pronouncing its grip on generations of young musicians. King was also a pioneer in merging blues with the hard-driving funk of his Stax label mates The Bar-Kays and with Isaac Hayes’ Movement. The Memphis sound […]
Audiophile Audition / Jeff Krow writes ….. Towards the end of her career, songstress Dinah Washington was panned by some critics for recording weak pop music with overly commercial string backing. Washington’s inimitable voice overcame these limitations but her reputation still suffered. Recorded a little over a year before her tragic death at age 39, […]
