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Originally published 2014 Music lessons will be dominated by “dead white Germans” as a result of the Government’s planned exam reforms, musicians have claimed. Plans for the future of both GCSE and A-level music exams have singled out Western classical music between 1700 and 1900 as the only compulsory area of study – prompting complaints […]
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 Art: Volume Two includes three tunes drawn from the unissued performances of his 1981 tour of Japan. […]
In 1986 The Residents went on their second tour. Entitled “The 13th Anniversary Show” and featuring exceptional guitar wizard Philip Charles Lithman aka Snakefinger, the tour was a huge success in both America and Europe. The band played a mix of their then catalogue, presenting songs from “Meet the Residents”, “Not available”, “The Big Bubble”, […]
TR writes: For me it is George Harrison’s Somewhere In England. The studio album prior to that, George Harrison featured 5 tunes that even today are a joy to listen to, including “Blow Away”, “Not Guilty”, and the terrific “Love Comes To Everyone”. Somewhere in England was bland. Felt like Harrison was on automatic. No […]
Now, when I say the 80s, I don’t mean that early 80s transitional time that produced things like the Galaxy Commander Please click HERE to continue
On June 23, 1977, Sam ‘Lightnin’ Hopkins walked onto a small stage in a smoke & whisky filled club in Montreal and proceeded to lay down arguably his last great performance before his death 5 years later. “Lightnin’s Boogie – Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club” – remastered and available on vinyl for […]
Everything we choose is based on a reference—a model in our heads of what we should expect. Each of our internal references have been honed over the years. We know exactly how a human voice sounds; a violin; a piano. When we playback recordings of these familiar instruments and voices we evaluate their closeness to […]
CF writes: On balance, I’d say yes. But it’s not an easy question to answer because it depends on so many factors. Which speakers are we comparing? Are we taking the used price of old speakers against what can be bought new for the same amount, or are we inflation adjusting the old price for […]
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In this work the long-term spectral contours of a large dataset of popular commercial recordings were analyzed. The aim was to analyze overall trends, as well as yearly and genre-specific ones. A novel method for averaging spectral distributions is proposed that yields results that are prone to comparison. With it, we found out that there […]
Paul McGowan / PSA Audio After more years than I can count I am still trying to figure out mastering. This might seem kind of odd considering our own in-house mastering engineer, Gus Skinas, is one of the world’s most respected. Yet, still I struggle with defining exactly what they do. I do know they […]
‘The finest hallmark of a great label is its relationships with its artists, in which unfailing support is rewarded by life-enhancing performances. Chandos Records exemplifies exactly this. The past year’s diverse riches include Imogen Cooper’s deeply personal recital “…Le temps perdu…”, benchmark-setting Mendelssohn from the Doric Quartet, the sonic splendour of St Paul’s cathedrals organ […]
RK writes: He was that rare individual who knew he had enough. He didn’t need the money, and he was sick of playing the same tunes over and over and over. He formed a band more to his liking, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. A friend of mine was one of the lead singers for a […]
His name took up quite a bit of the interview, for his band is P-A-U-L Lamb and the Detroit Breakdown, which would get even longer if you used the names behind those initials – Paul Andrew Ulysses Lamb. This is at least the sixth year Paul has brought his Detroit Blues-Rock to the UK, and […]
Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP from Mobile Fidelity Final All-Acoustic Outing from Davis’ Classic Second Quintet Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Record’s Tonal Shadings, Gradations, and Textures Come Alive Confident 1967 Effort Steeped in Inquisitive Interplay and Subconscious Impressionism Nefertiti will always be known as the final all-acoustic record made by Miles Davis’ classic second […]
If inventor Thomas Edison hopped in a way-forward time machine to see how his phonograph had been improved upon in the intervening 144 years, do you think he’d be surprised and delighted the turntable is still around? Just as a pure thought experiment I am always fascinated by what people might have expected vs. what […]