When Keb’ Mo’ first was pitched the idea of releasing a double live album that captured the essence of his 2015 tour, he had a particular and unexpected instruction for his team: “Make it Hot Pink!” Indeed, that’s exactly what they did with Live: That Hot Pink Blues Album. It began as almost an afterthought […]
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Muddy arrived in Boston on 15th June 1976, on his 60th birthday when was met with open arms by city mayor Kevin White. The mayor would proudly proclaim during Waters’ appearance at Paul’s Mall that night, that from this day forth, the 15th June shall now be known as Muddy Water’s Day. Waters has his […]
I see lots of bad mouthing of companies but sometimes, these folks building our gear are really amazing. I’ve worked for a few notable electronic companies and sometimes it was a source of great personal price. I’d like to tell a few positive ones about the companies who have amazed me with their own pride-of-product […]
It has survived the 7 consecutive plays or it goes back test here. Must be good. It is good. Fine musicianship. An undemanding listen but far from wallpaper either.
This first ever compilation of Dave’s work for the Kinks combines all his great work for the band as well as his highly under rated solo material. This newly remastered set done with the approval of Dave and mastered by Kinks archivist hopes to prove that there was not only one talented song writer […]
Stereophile: I first saw Benchmark’s AHB2 stereo power amplifier at the 2013 Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, in New York City. On silent display in Benchmark’s booth on the convention floor, its compact size and comprehensive features made the amp immediately attractive, and the design was described as a departure from traditional analog and […]
After Paul started Genesis Technologies with Infinity founder Arnie Nudell, they embarked on a project to replace the Infinity IRSV. How well did they do?
The Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232, assembled from bits and pieces over some years, coheres in its final form in ways that perhaps only the composer understood. This recording by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Stephen Layton has been road-tested in performances around Britain […]
As the Now compilation albums reach their 30th anniversary, a keen collector charts the tunes he will always associate with moments in his life Like so many things in the music/hifi world we invite you to take what you like HERE and …. leave the rest
Most interconnects are shielded to reduce noise and improve sound quality. Is the same true for speaker cables? Watch Now
I rather likes these 3. All new to me as of today: The Dears: “Whites Only Party” The Young Knives: “Loughborough Suicide” Mudhoney: “Who Will Be The Next In Line?”
Been playing this on and off for some weeks now. Still not bored with it. We did for a short while think of writing a review. However as usual, AMG do a better job than us. So here’s the link: via allmusic.com
NEIL A writes … Many writers use various means to create music, and Bowie seems to have been one of these. The early songs appear to have been written in a very traditional way, by sitting down at a guitar or piano and finding chord structures that worked, then putting a tune to that, and […]
For nearly 50 years, PS has prided itself on helping customers get what they need. It’s as simple as picking up the phone or dropping us an email. We’re here to help with whatever we can do. It’s just part of our DNA. It’s how we would expect to be treated. Apparently, not everyone shares […]
Tom Service writes: There’s a lot more to the way Rachmaninov’s third and final symphony works than the simple attractiveness of its tunes Continue HERE
American audiences wouldn’t be able to see their acclaimed expatriate in person until a full decade after he’d left the country to resist the war draft. Thanks to President Carter’s declaration of amnesty for resisters, Jesse Winchester would eventually mark his anticipated return to the USA in April 1977. However, Winchester marked his gratitude […]
G ROWLAND writes … ‘Something’ is a lovely song, but if you were Paul McCartney you’d have some license to regard it as charming but ultimately somewhat naive, a bit of an easy win for a composer. Why? Because the harmonic structure relies on something which is known as ‘Line Cliche’ in music theory, which […]
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