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When people come to hear the IRSV system in Music Room One they’re always in awe of the number of drivers: 36 tweeters, 12 midranges, 6 woofers per side. Most loudspeakers have one of each: tweeter, woofer, perhaps a midrange. On a speaker like the IRS, the duties are shared. Each tweeter handles 1/36th of […]
The Milk Men – FabulousBoogie Beasts – Who’ll Be NextThe Boneshakers Ft Jenny Langer- More, More, MoreThorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Fire InsideDC Blues – Rollin’ & Tumblin’The Hungry Williams – Boss ManJohn Primer – My Sugar MamaJohn Angus Blues Band Cry On My ShoulderThe Dig 3 – Run & HideBuddy Guy Ft […]
R. J. Deluke writes: Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He’s seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member […]
So, following on from the previous part of this series, why 1976? Quite simply, it was my first foray into buying an audio system. I discovered first hand the need for proper research prior to visiting a retailer or more accurately, a certain type of retailer – and the realisation that in so doing I […]
Tenor Saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley Is One of the Greatest Ever to Play the Instrument His Final Project Was Big Man, a Musical Play Based on the Legend of John Henry Released as a 2-LP Set with a Libretto, BigMan Featured Music from Adderley and His Then-Current Musical Associates Including Brother Nat Adderley, George Duke […]
Patrick Latimer writes: Collateralised Debt Obligations Those that can remember further back than last week will remember CDOs the packaged debts that brought capitalism to its knees in the last decade. Well here is the musical equivalent. Packaged reissues of forgotten performances from the past all nicely presented in a smart card CD holder. Now […]
“SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via six internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. With more than 100 UK dates a year plus regular shows in Finland, Estonia, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Canada, Arcari is […]
Some speakers just sound great while others appeal not. What makes the difference in the way speakers sound?
Mr. P writes: The Myth of Vinyl is just that, and I grew up on Vinyl and had a huge collection. I would never buy a CD! Never, ever, then I heard a top-end Sony SA7ES player with a CD of an LP I had, I went back and forth at the hi-fi store and […]
My new Brennan B2 arrived this morning. I have wanted one for a very long time and finally decided to buy one to replace my Marantz CD63. You can read all about it here: http://www.brennan.co.uk/ Essentially, it’s a Raspberry Pi in very nice clothes with a lovely display. I have it hooked up to my […]
AD writes: On 20 August 1969, The Beatles–John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr–put the finishing touches on the Lennon/McCartney masterpiece, I Want You (She’s so Heavy) for their final album–and penultimate album release–Abbey Road: by some considered the best Rock and Pop album ever. It would be the last time all four […]
A great back story can make a band. Take Staff Benda Bilili, a bunch of veteran Congolese paraplegic musicians, discovered living on the streets around Kinshasa zoo, playing home-made guitars and driving around in scary-looking motorbike wheelchairs that might have done earlier service in a Mad Max movie. How could they fail to make international […]
Alex Fawcett Band – Working Class BluesCrawlback – SometimesSwamp Poets Duo – Delta FloodSamantha Fish – Leavin’ KindMarc Ford – Bye Bye SuzyAlias Smith & Jones – Hit & RunFive Points Gang – All Points BulletinWill Johns – I Heard You Love The BluesEdgar Winter – Rock ‘n’ Roll Hoochie KooThe Wilbur Project – Transmit […]