http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2SvmTM-zps 34,665 views A few viewer comments: outstanding musicians, soul bass playing at its best, lead immense, shame he died so early, vocals legendary still the one i play in my car on a long journey when i want to hear the best and chill out No fuzz box or wah-wah pedal. Just a Les […]
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Amar Edirlwira writes: The birthplace of Rough Trade, Honest Jon’s, Virgin Records and Rock On, amongst others, we take an extended look at the evolution of record shop culture in west London’s most vibrant community. More HERE More music like this HERE
We are told: The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons are pleased to release their latest recordings on BSO Classics–a three-disc set of the four Brahms symphonies, recorded live during concert performances at Symphony Hall in November 2016, engineered by the same in-house team that produced the BSO’s Grammy-winning Shostakovich recordings under Maestro Nelsons […]
A look at Miles Davis, featuring the reflections of Gary Bartz, who played with Miles in the early 70s, in a band that included Keith Jarrett. http://www.patreon.com/bretprimack More music like this HERE
So many myths have grown around Led Zeppelin, the British rock band that ruled the Seventies and continues to cast a long shadow over popular music, that their guitarist, producer and curator extraordinaire Jimmy Page has to see the funny side. The 71-year-old’s hair may be snow-white but his black-clad frame is as pencil-thin as […]
Fiona Maddocks writes: Elgar’s only string quartet, a masterpiece of the chamber music repertoire premiered in 1918, is well established. That of his contemporary Delius, dating from a year earlier, is more of a rarity. The composer was discontented with his first (three-movement) attempt and reworked the opening movement and the wistful “Late Swallows” slow […]
Victor L. Schermer writes …… Benny Golson’s timeless ballad, “I Remember Clifford” is but one measure of the reverence and love with which Clifford Brown was regarded by musicians, friends, family, and fans. The affection in which he was held during his lifetime was made all the more poignant by his untimely death at the […]
Music touches us in many different ways and for every person there is a certain element that hits the spot more than others and that usually drives us to search out types of music with this as its main requisite. It could be tone, rhythm, lyrics, music complexity or simplicity, certain people love female vocalists […]
Mike Bloomfield was one of the great and unique artists of our era. Considered by millions to be America’s answer to Eric Clapton, his effect on both musicians and public alike has been no less. A master guitarist, arranger and writer, Bloomfield has the honor of being responsible for turning many millions of white American […]
Limited edition six disc box set. Rhino explores the incomparable footprint of the Ramones’ musical legacy with a boxed set featuring the band’s seminal first six albums, each presented with their original running order and artwork. Their first six studio albums in mini-LP sleeves! “Ramones” (1976), “Leave Home” (1977), “Rocket To Russia” (1977), “Road To […]
The follow up to last year’s Volume One of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers “Live In 1967”, featuring Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Volume 2 showcases three John Mayall originals including the opening track, all-time blues classic “Tears In My Eyes”; “Chicago Line”, complete with John McVie bass solo; and “Please Don’t Tell”, a great […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVe-izA-Fj4 89,594 views A few viewer comments: I was working in the middle of the New Mexico desert in 75 when I first heard this and I decided then and there I was going to marry either Maddy Prior or Gracie Slick. What a voice. I wore out the album Below the Salt. Thanks for […]
On the 4th of July, 1971, The Fillmore West hosted its final show. The Fillmore’s proprietor, Bill Graham was San Francisco’s most famous promoter and impresario and had made the live music scene both enormously profitable and spectacularly creative. The combinations of bands, light shows and artists that he put on during a three year […]
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Like so many things in the music/hifi world we invite you to take what you like HERE and …. leave the rest More music like this HERE
Martin Cullingford writes: Every year, around this time, I report back from the annual gathering of the classical industry at the Classical:NEXT conference. Bringing labels, distributors, innovators and artists together always breeds good ideas, goodwill and a better, shared understanding of where, as an industry, we are heading. Year after year, the constant is the […]
Verve Records was formed in 1955 by Norman Granz and their studio albums and live recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday helped bring jazz to a world audience. Richard Havers writes “Jazz stirs the possibilities for creativity in the moment. Jazz is about the human character; jazz is about feeling, […]
First published in 2014 France may be the most militantly secular country in Europe, but Paris’s gospel scene is flourishing. The choir sways and their orange robes sway with them. The conductor, packed in an ice-cream-white suit, urging them on, while out front the Reverend Jean Carpenter – moving quite possibly like nobody has ever […]
We are told: Radio broadcast of Albert Collins jam-session, recorded in 1983, featuring Rory Gallagher. This CD contains three guitar jam versions. Playing time: 35:00 minutes. 1. Sweet Home Chicago 9:19 2. Jam One 15:43 3. Jam Two 10:05 More music like this HERE
James Taylor in concert at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, New York on 6th February 1970. A warm and intimate occasion capturing JT right on the release of his first Warner Bros. Records LP ‘Sweet Baby James’. Recorded and broadcast by College Radio WAER-FM it showcases a performer relaxed and engaging while in total control of […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OR25MqPWuc Elvis the C when he was at the top of his game. I saw this way back when and recorded it onto cassette from the cheap TV! Listened to it often for years – a great version. I don’t agree you go up there and do the hits note for note. He and the […]
Sunday 31st March 1974 is a landmark date in the history of rock music. It is now celebrated in the multi format release of a rare recording made at legendary London venue The Rainbow, of a concert by a then up-and-coming band called Queen. Few who turned up for that iconic performance could have predicted […]
Complete with the original Gramophone reviews of 50 of the finest Handel recordings available Read more HERE More music like this HERE