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We are – as always – indebted to our friend Tony Besgrove for this terrific recommendation. He writes – “Rory at his greatest – clips from his most spectacular solos – such brilliant phrasing. Strats just don’t get so battered as this one.”
Jools Holland and his magic fingers unite a unique cast in a single room for one night only, new and older artists playing completely live! Who’d have thought it? Seven years after their last album and 20 years on from their debut, the anthemic Snow Patrol are back in business with songs from their seventh […]
First published November 2013 “What’s your favourite Beatles album, then?” asks a very young James Lance. “Ooh … tough one,” says Alan Partridge. “I’d have to say … The Best of the Beatles”. It’s very funny. Except isn’t Alan Partridge right? Aren’t the Red and Blue collections genuinely the best Beatles albums? As the music […]
Three highly recommended recordings: a modern choice, a classic and a legendary account Continues HERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nDNvOw2re0 Viewer’s comments include: I have long been deeply moved by this atmospheric version by Iain. It’s so different from Peter Gabriel’s original, giving it a different mood and feel that is very memorable and stirring. Fans of this beautiful song will also enjoy the haunting version by the incomparable Fever Ray. Thanks for posting […]
15 CDs Over 200 tracks 24 page full colour booklet with rare photos and detailed liner notes The entire original KMET, WMMS, WNEW, KSAN and over twenty more, FM radio broadcasts from explosive 1978 live performances at The Roxy Theater on July 7, The Agora Ballroom on August 9, The Capitol Theater on September 19, […]
Five Leaves Left: Nick’s debut album of 1969 Bryter Layter: the second album released in 1970 Pink Moon: Nick’s final release from 1972 Made To Love Magic: the collection of Island-period recordings, out-takes, off cuts, cast-offs, orphans and the last 5 songs Nick recorded for his proposed 4th album. Originally released in 2004 to add […]
The great drummer has turned 76, and to mark the occasion, here’s a classic Disc and Music Echo interview from 1970 with the Cream founder, taken from Rock’s Backpages, the home of online music writing More HERE
We are – as always – indebted to our friend Tony Besgrove for this terrific recommendation. He writes – “Warren is not everybody’s cup of tea – quite distinctive”
David Murray was in Britain in October, and his appearance at Ronnie Scott’s highlighted both his Sonny Rollins-like power, tone and unpredictability and the casualness over group participation that can make him seem (like Rollins) a prodigiously gifted enigma who’s at his freest on his own. This seven-disc set in CAM Jazz’s Black Saint/Soul Note […]
Brian Slizewski writes … If it’s better than the Stones’ original, it’s certainly not Sympathy for the Devil, Honky Tonk Women, or Gimme Shelter. But I always thought the original Tumbling Dice was just okay, and the Linda Ronstadt cover is actually better.
Muiris writes … Although it had previously been announced by Paul Weller, much to the surprise of bassist Bruce Foxton & drummer Rick Buckler, the Jam officially broke up at the end of their final concert at the Brighton Conference Center on the 11th December 1982. It would be 20 years before bassist Bruce Foxton […]
Chrysaor Jorday writes … Different people have had different reasons to dislike Pink Floyd. Here are a few reasons: They use machines to make all their music, and they aren’t a real band. (False) Musically, they aren’t all that good. (I disagree). Their music is demented and insane (I disagree) and encourages people to take […]
Mick Ronson died 22 years ago at the age of 46 from liver cancer. He was probably best known for his association with David Bowie, acting as David’s axeman during his Ziggy Stardust phase. A multi-talented musician, ‘Ronno’ also arranged and produced a multitude of Bowie tracks. Later he collaborated with many other class acts, […]
Music continues to be within the very structure of my life. Consequently, I use it as non-background direct stimulus when I work, or equally as engrossing and positively mind-massaging pharmaceuticals when I am not. Even an atrocity like a Cliff Richard record must never be in the background – like dinner-party fodder. Dinner-party ‘classics’ sucked […]
Paul McGowan: If our definition of high-end is lifted from The Absolute Sound Magazine’s tenet: “the sound of unamplified instruments and/or voices as heard in a natural, acoustic performance space” then does it make sense that modern electronic or multitracked music can ever be considered high-end? I believe it can, but not before broadening our definition. […]
Guardian writers pick their ones that got away last year, from mournful Swedish house music to sun-drenched soul Continues HERE