SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 15, CD review Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond Bernard Haitink.

    Geoffrey Norris of The Daily Telegraph:   “This performance of Shostakovich’s final symphony testifies both to Bernard Haitink’s searching way of interpreting the Russian composer and to the orchestra’s ready appreciation of the emotional range that the Fifteenth embraces. We might not fully understand the allusions that Shostakovich weaves in, but, when it […]

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JIMI HENDRIX: People, Hell and Angels (CD)

They tell us….. People, Hell & Angels is a new album of twelve never before released Jimi Hendrix studio recordings. This special album showcases the legendary guitarist working outside of the original Jimi Hendrix Experience trio. Beginning in 1968, Jimi Hendrix grew restless, eager to develop new material with old friends and new ensembles. Outside […]

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OPINIONS DIFFER: Trying to decouple speakers from the room

 Just wondering if anyone else has suspended their speakers. My first attempt was with an old pair of infinity’s which I placed on top of a bicycle tube. I was wondering if manufacturers would design a speaker with this in mind? My main purpose is to keep the floor from resonating, IMHO it works well […]

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KOMEDA: The giant of Polish jazz

MARTYNA KIELEK / Senior Music Editor It is not possible to talk about Polish jazz (which I intend to make one of my regular topics here, among other types of jazz and occasionally blues music) without bringing up the composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda. His enormous talent (displayed during a time in communist-governed Poland when […]

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PETE TOWNSHEND: Interview Part #1 of 2

Oldawg: Nearly 30 years after its release I find It’s Hard to be very representative (unfortunately) of what is happening in the world today. In particular John’s Dangerous, Eminence Front and Cooks County. How do you feel about It’s Hard today? P.T.: It’s Hard is the only record the Who made where the individual members […]

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Best Of American Blues Scene – Keith Richards, Joe Bonamassa, Doctor Dan

  They tell us ….. We’re calling this series the “Best of American Blues Scene,” and although the main focus is on content you might have missed from the last year or so, we’ll be diving back in time even further to pull interesting articles from American Blues Scene’s earlier years! We can’t even begin […]

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GUILTY: Here’s a subject I am perhaps more guilty of than most

The practice of making a sweeping statement about how everything is one way or the other. This is wrong and this is right. This matters and that does not. This guy’s a liar, and this one always tells the truth. The problem with this line of communication is two-fold: nothing is always one way or the other and we cannot know everything. I find myself making sweeping […]

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