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Krauss, who was visiting London, said: “It’s not that I have resisted songwriting, it’s just not something I felt I have had to do. I’ve just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt ‘I have to sing that song’.” One such song […]
“Technology has paved the way for almost anyone to hit the right notes are some people pining for a more authentic sound? It is almost 30 years since German electropop group Kraftwerk released the single Pocket Calculator. Its 21st century equivalent is arguably the smartphone and instead of “pressing down a special key” to “play […]
From our archives: Never before been issued on vinyl and has never been sold in stores even as a CD. The first 5000 are numbered. DISC 1 – LP – Side A “Izabella”, “Cherokee Mist/Astro Man”, “Cherokee Mist”, “Astro Man”, “Villanova Junction Blues DISC 1 – LP – Side B “Ezy Ryder/MLK Jam (Captain Coconut)”, […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd are the ultimate Southern Rock band. Their signature three guitar attack coupled to superb songwriting and massive on stage charisma has rightfully earned them a reputation as one of the greatest live bands of all time. The original band infamously had their career cut short by a disastrous plane crash in 1977 which […]
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
McKinzie Brantley III, Lifelong Music Fan (1966-present) writes … Originally, John and Paul wrote songs for Ringo AND George so each would have a vocal on the albums. This was generous, but also helped cement their individual roles within the band. Paul/John were the writers. Geo played guitar. Ringo drums. These roles, defined early, proved […]
Muiris Mac Cartaine, Listens to a lot of Music answered …. Monster by R.E.M. is a contender, it was a chart topper in 1994 and and only good in parts. The band heavily toured the albums rockier sound but it’s predecessor Automatic for the People was also successful and is one of the top REM […]
STEFAN FOCH writes … The short (and incomplete) answer is that The Animals are not in the same category of The Rolling Stones or The Beatles in terms of overall financial success, commercial success, or as a pop cultural institution today. No one is. That aside, the Animals were in the same category during the […]
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The beauty of the Concord Music Group’s treasure trove of a catalog is that it will always provide material for the “Reassessing” column at All About Jazz and similar columns elsewhere. The newest round of re-releases celebrate the 60th anniversary of Riverside Records. Riverside Records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer in 1953, […]
100 years from the first commercial Jazz recording. Jazz as a great metaphor for American Culture in the 20th Century! Jazz as one of the most influential art forms of today! An essential box set including ten masterpieces everyone should own. Each CD includes a beautiful reproduction of the original and iconic album covers. Ten […]
San Francisco’s Quiet Domino Delivers Electro Pop Bliss in Debut ‘Metropelium’ Single We are told: Quiet Domino is a new indietronica hubbub and freak-pop expression, whose debut single ‘Metropelium’ drew its inspiration from new musings on a hometown city. Founded in San Francisco, this is the new project of singer-songwriter-reckoner Mark Nelsen… a new persona… a […]
This multi-CD package celebrates one of Jerry’s many musical highs: Jerry Garcia Band’s spectacular two-week run on Broadway in New York City in October, 1987 Lunt-Fontanne, NYC, 10/31/1987 contains every note of Jerry Garcia’s matinee and evening performances on Halloween — two discs each of acoustic Jerry and electric Jerry. The packaging includes photos, and […]
This compilation features some of the best artists on the current psychedelic scene, and as the title suggests, it’s a broad church. Kicking off with an audacious garage psych cover version of a Girls Aloud track by South London’s Dave’s Doors Of Perception, this is a trip that’s varied, enthralling and potent. Girl groups, of […]
This Vaughan Williams recital makes an unusually satisfying impression, and it may not be immediately clear why. There’s quite a bit of unfamiliar material, some of it in unusual versions for which there was no pressing need. But the whole thing hangs together, creates a mood of intimacy, and draws you into the composer’s world. […]
A new series dedicated to releasing and documenting the lysergic sounds oozing from San Francisco ballroom’s and recording studios between 1966 and 1971. Volume One is bursting at its 3CD seams with the Grateful Dead live at KQED studios in ’70, Its a Beautiful Day from Pacific High Studios in ’71, Sal Valentino from the […]
Nick Hasted looks at how they are driven by a burning desire to keep on entertaining fans despite risking ridicule. In a Somerset farmhouse in February, I watched Jet Black, 75, try to force his bulky, broken frame into drumming one more time for The Stranglers on their then looming tour. Suffering from neck, spine, […]
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Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, two master songwriters, musicians, and band leaders meet once again in a historic duet of piano and banjo. The Grammy-winning duet, combine Corea and Fleck’s classic tunes with the music from their Grammy-winning album The Enchantment! With a mix of jazz and pop standards, crossing a myriad of genres, from […]
Source: Press release 3 LP Bundle includes: ‘Birthday Blues’, released in January 1969, was BertJansch’s sixth album for Transatlantic.· It’s no surprise that the album sounds like a modifiedversion of The Pentangle as Bert was a member of theclassic British folk / jazz / rock group at the time ofthis record’s release. Additionally Shel Talmy, whoworked […]
Great live performance by Santana recorded during the 1973 tour, after the release of Caravanserai and Welcome LP which changed the style of the band from rock to jazz-fusion style. (from the liner notes) (…)Caravanserai could have been recorded today though strangely, Every Step Of The Way has a Milesian feel circa Bitches Brew (that […]
This riveting radio broadcast recording comes from an October 1994 performance at New Britain, Connecticut’s 1,200 capacity club, The Sting. A dynamic 10-song set captures Sheryl Crow and her band blazing on all cylinders at this early and crucial stage in her development as a major artist. Sheryl spent the bulk of the year touring […]