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I’m not a great fan of Eric Clapton’s music anymore. When I was younger, in my early teens, I thought some of his stuff was pretty cool, especially the experimental Cream, with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, and the Derek & The Dominoes Sessions box set, with Duane Allman on guitar. Clapton’s other solo works, […]
NAD is celebrating its 50th anniversary by releasing a vintage-inspired stereo amplifier, of which 1972 units each costing $1972 (AU$3299) will be available in a nod to the company’s founding year. The NAD C 3050 LE Stereophonic Amplifier, to use its full name, looks quite the component, concealing modern streaming technology in a retro-looking satin […]
NA writes: Strangely, one of Bowie’s most (in)famous alter-egos, had a very short shelf-life. He moved from the blue eyed soul of Young Americans – what he called “plastic soul” – in the tail end of 1974 through 1975, into the Duke in 1976 for Station to Station and his Isolar tour of the same […]
John Leckie is one of the UK’s most successful record producers. His CV reads like a who’s who of rock’n’roll. Here, he reflects on the technological changes he’s seen in the recording studio over the years. From Pink Floyd to Simple Minds, John Lennon to Muse, John Leckie has produced or engineered records for everyone […]
Ok this thread isn’t necessarily for debate or argument, and certainly no nastiness. We know that the prevailing(and mostly right) opinion is that old gear should be restored. That said, I know that some of us haven’t heeded the call for various reasons and I’m one of them. So I’d like to know what you’re […]
Multimillion-selling jazz supremo and master of all musical trades Jamie Cullum returns to the BBC Proms following his sell-out appearance in 2010. This time Jamie is joined by the talented conductor, composer and arranger Jules Buckley and the renegade musicians who make up The Heritage Orchestra. London’s Roundhouse Choir, the Remi Harris Trio […]
Howard Popeck: During a very convivial lunch with my wonderful friend Derek Laval last Friday we got around to the subject of philosophy. It’s something I’m interested in but know very little about. Anyway, Derek mentioned a quotation from Bertrand Russell that seemed to me to sum up the lunacy thriving at the margins of […]
Led Zeppelin – Good Times, Bad TimesAltered Five Blues Band – Full Moon Half CrazyMary Stokes Band – Feel So BadThe Fabulous Thunderbirds – Tuff EnoughElvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – Blues Why Do You Worry MeThe Swamp Poets – Waiting For The CallChickenbone Slim and The Biscuits – Laying In The WeedsJohn Hiatt – […]
Hugo Shirley wrote: On the eve of her 80th birthday, Hugo Shirley is granted a rare interview with the great soprano at her apartment in Vienna Continues HERE
We all have our personal standards by which we determine whether or not something lives up to our expectations. When I play a new track of music I expect a certain level of musicality, transparency, tonal accuracy, and overall believability. If I listen without any preconceived expectations I can either accept or reject the new […]
WM writes: The real significance was the musical careers of the 4 names in the group: Neil Young- Solo, CSNY, Stills Young band Stephen Stills – Solo, CSN, CSNY, Stills Young band Jim Messina – Solo, Poco, Loggins and Messina Richard Furay – Poco, Souther-Hillman-Furay, Richard Furay band I consider these guys, like the Beatles, […]
In the archives we found the following: Hugh Masekela kicks off the first of our exclusive live music sessions from the 2012 Womad music festival with a performance of Louis Armstrong’s Rockin’ Chair. Masekela met Armstrong while studying at the Manhattan School of Music in New York in the early 60s, after leaving South Africa […]
“When the day finally came for a young John Lydon’s parents to take him home after a year spent lying in a large hospital ward, he had no idea who they were. The eight-year-old Lydon was recovering from meningitis, which resulted in periods of coma and memory loss so severe he was unable to recognise […]
October 22nd 1968 found Moby Grape supporting on a bill with Procol Harum and the Churls in the gym at Stony Brook University, NY. They had recently become a quartet following the departure of troubled singer-guitarist Skip Spence, and this superb set captures them in transition from their psychedelic ballroom days to a mellower, country-based […]