John Patterson writes: The life of the legendary Beach Boys founder is almost too big a story to tell in one film – which is why this biopic uses two actors to play him. Please click HERE to continue
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Michael D Mirne writes … This is actually a very good question and unfortunately, the previous answers all avoided the essence of the question. We know that even studio recordings that do not have overdubs still require some isolation of tracks. Otherwise, the drum mics would pick up the guitar amps, and the guitar mics […]
First published in 2015 As Joni Mitchell turns 70, telegraph music writers select 20 of her best tracks, from Woodstock to Carey, Help Me to Hejira. Take a look HERE
Lance LaSalle writes … It didn’t change music, it changed popular culture. Suddenly certain fashions and styles of music that were confined to rather limited social underground scenes became fashionable. At the time, I was wearing a lot of hand-me-down flannel shirts; I had a pointy chin beard and I had questionable hygiene. I deliberately […]
Several recent recordings I would call notable have landed here on Holloway Hill in St. John’s. The first three have in common the presence of the Minnesota Orchestra and its conductor since 2003, Osmo Vanska. They are: Sibelius: Symphonies, #2 in D, Op. 43 and #5 in E flat Op. 82 BIS SACD 1986. These […]
I don’t usually feel the need to comment on a contributor in these occasional ‘a civilian writes’ pieces. However, I’ve known John for a couple of years now and rarely have I known such an open minded person when it comes to music, or indeed many other things too. I’ve never managed to sell him […]
Adam Sherwin meets the singer-songwriters from different generations and backgrounds who have come together for a lunchtime busk to campaign against homelessness. “Singer-songwriters can’t change the world and that’s a shame,” laments Billy Bragg, the veteran purveyor of protest songs. “But that doesn’t mean we have to live in James Blunt’s world either.” This dig […]
They tell us…. Recorded in November 2014 this sold out show, at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo venue in London, was the final event in the highly successful Splinter album campaign. For Gary Numan, it was a long awaited return to a venue that means more to him than any other. Gary was born in […]
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Ramakrishnan Parthasarathy answers here: No garage punk, proto-punk or punk rock band (or, to take it even further: no rock band) wrote better and more memorable riffs than Blue Oyster Cult. No one had a more intriguing sound that was dirty when required and deliciously evil at will. In fact, the best of Blue Oyster […]
R J Holland writes … Paul McCartney called it The Perfect Song. I am going to pick God Only Knows by The Beach Boys. It is truly one of the most beautiful songs every written. The melody, the music and the vocals could not have been better. I could listen to this song forever. Thank […]
James O’Connor writes … So…there’s a tough one. I’m VERY familiar with bands and singers with only one album, that’s sort of a music trivia classic question, and here was my contribution to that list James O’Connor’s answer to Who is the best band of all time that only released 1 album? But two and […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEpBlbSWmh4 A few viewer comments: This is the Folk-Version of “Crossroads”, a song about meeting the devil. Very intense. …they all had hoodies,even in the Middle Ages…. I have loved this album since the day it went out.. and your video is beautiful
We are told: This was originally a 1974 LP album on Paul Bley’s Improvising Artists Label. It is notable for being the first professional recording showcasing the talents of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. The two had gotten to know each other in Miami the year before. Their collaboration continued on Metheny’s debut Bright Size […]
We are told: The Story of 10cc, a new 10cc four-CD box set curated with input from the band to “detail each and every chapter of their musical story”. The box features the band together and apart and therefore features work from artists like Paul McCartney, the Art of Noise, Wax and Godley and Creme. […]
Pop fans of a certain age (this includes me) may well remember The Move with fondness. They hailed from the Birmingham area, and in 1967 they were the first band to have a chart single played on the then ‘new’ radio station, BBC Radio 1. However they did have a harder, rockier edge to them; […]
Mark Whelton writes Periodically I am directed to bands that I may have heard of but never actually listened to or if I have it was years ago or very occasionally ones i know absolutely nothing about. I collect and am always on the look out for psych/garage bands that I have missed. The US […]
Almost 30 years since the original line-up performed together, the classic era G & R are back in 2016 performing together and, just perhaps, recording new material, after former grievances have allegedly been put to one side. In celebration of this remarkable news comes this superb 3 disc collector’s set, featuring 2 CDs of broadcast […]
In May 2005, Cream played a number of packed out reunion concerts at the Albert Hall. These concerts were attended by the great and the good from UK’s rock royalty. This video demonstrates the incredible musicianship still present in the trio – Jack Bruce’s bass and vocals, Ginger Baker’s brilliant drumming, and whilst I’m not […]
I find myself writing this on the feast of Saint Cecilia, November 22, just as I prepare to sign off the issue. A Roman martyr from the third century AD, she is of course celebrated today as the patron saint of musicians, an inspirer of verse by the likes of Dryden, Pope and Auden, and […]