The great blues artists talked, the savviest rockers listened. Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but certain tracks were especially pivotal. Either they were famously covered, or the licks got borrowed, or they schooled the rockers in style and attitude. Many of the most influential blues songs reverberate to this day, and a few […]
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The pianist Mark Bebbington continues his invaluable service to British music with a new album for Resonus that gathers together four rarities from Vaughan Williams’s output, ranging from the Piano Quintet of 1903 to the Fantasia on the ‘Old 104th’ Psalm Tune of 1949. Joined by members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for three of […]
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ALLMUSIC.COM The subtitle of Divine Symmetry is “The Journey to Hunky Dory” but it could’ve easily been “The Journey to David Bowie” as this 1971 album is where Bowie hit his stride. This four-disc set, accompanied by a lavish book, illustrates that this was no simple process. Coming off the crushing hard rock of The […]
ALLMUSIC.COM Ornette Coleman’s 1960s recordings for Blue Note are usually — and perhaps unjustly — de-emphasized when accounting for the enormity of his contribution to the evolution of jazz. The saxophonist recorded five albums under his own name: There are two volumes of At the “Golden Circle” Stockholm, The Empty Foxhole, Love Call, and New […]
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A diverse range of excellent recordings spanning a breadth of repertoire, reminding us just why the Britten Sinfonia is such a fine, not to mention versatile, ensemble, and sought after for the studio. Donizetti Il Paria Opera Rara / Britten Sinfonia / Sir Mark Elder cond (Opera Rara) ‘The music is splendid, well worth discovering…Shagimuratova […]
2022 Blues Music Awards Nominees & Winners: DETAILS
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ALLMUSIC.COM After leaving Fairport Convention in 1969, Iain Matthews strung together a journeyman’s career, touring and recording prolifically both as a solo artist and with his country-inflected folk-rock band Matthews Southern Comfort. Apart from a chart-topping cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock,” his efforts tended to be admired by critics but shunned by the mainstream. One […]
ALLMUSIC.COM Early in 1997, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers set up shop at the Fillmore in San Francisco, playing 20 consecutive concerts during a residency that amounted to their only live shows of the year. Being anchored in one spot paradoxically gave them the freedom to move, to not constrain themselves to their standard repertoire. […]
A year is a long time in music, but Spotify is giving you the chance to solve your post Spotify Wrapped blues in January 2024 already. The Playlist in a Bottle feature allows you to create a playlist that will be locked until January 2024. When opening the Spotify app, you will be prompted to […]
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THE GUARDIAN For the past year a Middlesbrough pressing plant has been helping artists make records, and there is no sign of demand slowing down It only received its first pressing machines on Christmas Eve last year, but Press On Vinyl is well on its way to becoming the biggest manufacturer of vinyl records in […]
THE GUARDIAN: Best of the rest: the classical CDs we missed in 2022 We are able to review only a tiny fraction of the albums released each month. From Brahms to Berg, and Pejačević to Sohy, here are 10 recent releases worth going back to Despite more than a decade now of dire predictions of […]
GUITAR MAGAZINE writes ….. After seven decades of performing, the Blues virtuoso’s final trek will take place next year. Blues legend Buddy Guy has announced his retirement from touring, with the guitarist set to initiate his final tour in early 2023. Having begun his extensive career back in the mid-1950s, Buddy Guy has spent over […]
Spotify’s Equalizer Sessions in Germany Help Women Build Lasting Connections What do you get when you bring an impressive collection of women artists, podcasters, and influencers together for dinner? Magic—and an environment that inspires meaningful connections. Spotify has hosted Equalizer events in Europe to combat gender inequality in music for some time. The latest event, […]
ALL MUSIC / ROB CALDWELL The Apprentice was mostly completed a full two years before it was released. Martyn’s record label, Island, rejected the tapes of the songs in 1988, even though artistically they were not too far removed from his previous release, Piece by Piece. In fact, this album turned out to be the […]
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JAZZWISE: Bassist Charles Mingus shook up the jazz world like few others, Kevin Le Gendre assesses his legacy and speaks to contemporary bass stars Christian McBride and Boris Kozlov about his influence Instruments owned by famous musicians have been a staple at auctions for many years. When a rock star guitar goes under the hammer […]
DANIEL ROBSON / THE GUARDIAN Since her father is a longtime music journalist and her mother is a musician, it was inevitable that my 10-year-old daughter would fall in love with music. But I never imagined that the music she would fall in love with would be enka. Enka is often considered “traditional” Japanese music […]
THE GUARDIAN: Sped-up versions of existing songs are becoming more popular than the original versions. But who’s behind the trend? I’m listening to the accelerated, chipmunk voice of the British singer Raye on Escapism, a rebound-sex anthem that’s currently climbing UK pop charts. Raye actually has a low, brassy singing voice, but I’m not listening […]