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The show featured on this CD is the band s performance at the Texas International Pop Festival held at Lewisville, Texas, over Labor Day weekend, August 30 to September 1, 1969. It took place two weeks after Woodstock. The site for the event was an open field just south and west of the newly opened […]
The Roxy Music star answers your questions on his favourite Newcastle boozers, the influential mentors who shaped his thinking, and the temptation to overproduce everythingT Fifty years down the line, what does Roxy Music mean to you? Jungtheforeman A lot. Roxy Music were the first 10 years of my career, so it’s a huge part […]
A Coventry woman who won a legal battle to erect a gravestone with an inscription in Irish, to honour her late mother, has described Fontaines DC’s new song inspired by the case as “a fitting end to the journey that we went on as a family”. Bernadette Martin, daughter of Margaret Keane, and her family, […]
We are told …. Prayer Heroes And Villains Barnyard Do You Like Worms The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine He Gives Speeches Wonderful Child Is Father Of The Man Cabin Essence Look Good Vibrations I Wanna Be Around / Friday Night Vega-Tables Wind Chimes Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow I Love To Say Da […]
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The singer-songwriter has written an extraordinary narrative poem that glories in the landscape and dialect of her home county. She talks about angst and ageing and treats Kate Kellaway to a personal reading https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/24/pj-harvey-poetry-dorset-orlam-interview
We are told: CLASSIC 1977 BROADCAST FROM TORONTO At 3 a.m. on 28th May 1977, after ten months of legal battles, and nearly two years after Born to Run had catapulted him to national celebrity, Bruce Springsteen and his former manager, Mike Appel, settled their differences and parted ways forever. The move finally enabled Springsteen […]
Hi Gregg. Thank you so much for agreeing to this. So jumping right in … Q: Where do your affections lie; is it vinyl, CD, Radio, live gigs? A. Playing live is my passion. It’s the one thing I missed during the pandemic, although I was able to record some live performances for social media. […]
Sounding as fresh as ever, the singer-songwriter swivels between instruments in an eclectic setlist scattered with cult classics, B-sides and covers aimed at pleasing the hardcore fans CONTINUES HERE
Years of struggle in the music business have motivated the current crop of over-50s Black British talent to make music that’s as exciting as that of the new breed MORE HERE
Marr applies his scattershot sonics to matters of the pandemic era, while pop-punk queen Avril Lavigne offers a heady dose of nostalgia MORE
The artist’s self-titled first album barely sold any copies but contains the seeds of genius. Mark Beaumont talks to Frank Turner, Lia Metcalfe, Campbell Baum and Dylan biographer Howard Sounes about what it means to them MORE
NYC’s Met opera house hosts concert in support of Ukraine https://emp.bbc.co.uk/emp/SMPj/2.44.14/iframe.htmlNYC’s Met opera house hosts concert in support of Ukraine The Metropolitan Opera held a special benefit concert for Ukraine. Ukrainian singer Vlad Buialskiy, 24, opened the show with his national anthem. All proceeds will be donated to Ukrainian charities, say organisers.
A few days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one of Russia’s largest media companies, Russian Media Group (RMG), released a statement explaining why it would no longer be playing certain artists on its popular radio stations or music TV channel. “The reason for this decision was the harsh statements these musicians made towards Russia in […]
On this day in 1987, U2 released what would become the bestselling album of their career. But their examination of the gap between the American dream and the reality under Reagan is just as relevant today, writes Kevin E G Perry In the spring of 1985, U2 fell in love with America. An extensive tour […]
The synth-pop band’s first album in 17 years billows with the widescreen ambitions of their foundational decade
As they return with a hits compilation, the forever debonair frontman talks to Mark Beaumont about the problem with indie sleaze, losing band members and what he’s learned from Sparks MORE
HEATHER NPHARES … When Franz Ferdinand put together Hits to the Head, they were inspired by Changesbowie and the Rolling Stones’ Rolled Gold — greatest-hits collections that didn’t just serve as introductions to a band’s music, but worked as albums in their own right. By choosing the songs from each of their albums that reflected […]