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Robert Harley (Stereophile Magazine) writes: As founder of California-based Vacuum Tube Logic of America, David Manley is at the forefront of the current renaissance in vacuum-tube audio equipment. In addition to manufacturing some highly regarded audiophile components, VTL has introduced a line of tubed professional equipment that is finding its way into recording studios. David […]
Acclaimed director John Hillcoat has made a video for a song from Johnny Cash’s forthcoming ‘lost’ album. The film-maker John Hillcoat is listing the things about Johnny Cash that appeal to him. It’s quite a list, from his distinctive voice and constant championing of the underdog to the way he’d play guitar (“he’d string it […]
For reasons well beyond my current comprehension I just cannot get this wonderful (to me) sound out of my head. I really can’t. And so from time to time I revisit it. I hope that for a least some of you it will have the same very happy impact. Thank you. Howard / editor MORE
Now available as a CD+DVD combo at a special new low price. Entire performance on both CD and DVD. Over 1 hour of music on each disc! Also available on 180g 2LP vinyl for the first time. Susan’s debut album earned her a prestigious Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2000 (she […]
Martin Cullingford writes: Recently I used this space to praise those who support contemporary music, who ensure that music written today is an integral part of our listening life. The occasion then was that James MacMillan’s Stabat mater was our Recording of the Month. Well, three issues on, and this month we bestow that accolade […]
USM are pleased to announce the latest addition to our Verve 60 campaign, “Unheard Bird”; a comprehensive two-disc set featuring previously unknown music – 58 never listed studio takes from Charlie Parker. Originally issued on Mercury and Clef, but ultimately housed on Verve, the Parker/Granz studio collaborations were well-designed and thoughtfully conceived to display […]
This show, a clear-sounding FM broadcast from K-SAN, recorded just a month after the recording of It’s Alive, is a scorching set of songs from the first three albums – what many consider the band’s peak. Hear the guys at their best! 1. Rockaway Beach / 2. Teenage Lobotomy / 3. Blitzkrieg Bop / 4. […]
HADLEY FREEMAN The singer/songwriter, best known for Werewolves of London, died 10 years ago next month. His family and friends, including the writer Stephen King, explain why, despite his dark side, they still miss him. Warren Zevon, who died a decade ago this September at the far-too-premature age of 56, was a singer, a songwriter […]
CHARLOTTE HIGGINS: England no longer values the profound, weird art of opera – and that leaves us all poorer I n Kyiv, daily performances at the National Opera of Ukraine are acts of brave defiance against the Russian invasion. They symbolise what the country is fighting for: life, culture. In Britain, untouched by war, we […]
ALEXIS PETRIDES: Wilko Johnson’s second act was every bit as belligerent and explosive as his first Before a miraculous recovery from cancer made him more famous than ever, the Dr Feelgood guitarist fired up 70s rock with proto-punk playing and divisive songwriting Read more HERE
A rare live recording of one of Stephen Sondheim’s earliest musicals has been discovered on a bookshelf in the US city of Milwaukee. The American composer and lyricist wrote Phinney’s Rainbow when he was an 18-year-old student in 1948. The celebrated songwriter, who died last year, is best known for West Side Story and Gypsy. […]