We are told ….. For a self confessed ‘journeyman’ musician who has spent most of his 50 year career on the road live Michael Chapman albums are curiously rare items and even more rare from his earlier years. This one, recorded by Dutch “hippie “radio station ‘VPRO’ on 6th May 1971 is the earliest known […]
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From Newsroom Records, a new 2 CD title consists of the the original 14 track CD plus an additional disc featuring 10 songs, which includes three previously unreleased songs. The limited edition deluxe box set will not be re-pressed. Mid Air is the debut solo album from Paul Buchanan, frontman of the revered and sophisticated […]
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Chicago area native Dan Cray is perhaps best known as leader of the Dan Cray Trio. In an era when jazz gigs are hard to come by and musicians gravitate toward whatever opportunities come their way, the trio was a part of the Chicago jazz scene for a remarkable 10 years. Cray has spent […]
JOHN D writes … Whenever someone would call Clapton “the best” or “Guitar God” back in the day I’d just shrug and say OK. I was a big Cream fan but really for the band as a trio. Then I had 451 Ocean Blvd and it was Meh…. Best blues? You mean like Albert King […]
Daniel Elder writes … I know a lot of people will say John Deacon of Queen, which I hugely agree with. But I would say that Cliff Williams of AC/DC is the most underrated. A lot of people just discard Cliff because his bass lines, they are really simple, generally play the root of the […]
From the archives Tim Wong writes: I grew up listening to a recording of Verdi’s Il Trovatore my father bought. It’s the Franco Corelli version with Thomas Schippers conducting. I was instantly captivated by his heroic style and especially how he threw himself into the aria Di quella pira. In an extremely silly plot, it’s […]
Terrific. A very strong album. Needs no further comment from us. However AMG said: “Crusade is most notable for the appearance of a very young, pre- Rolling Stones Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Taylor’s performance is indeed the highlight, just as Eric Clapton, Peter Green’s playing was on the previous album. The centerpiece of the […]
Misunderstood masterpiece or unmitigated disaster? Massive Attack’s 100th Window at 20 The trip-hop collective’s fourth album left both fans and critics scratching their heads. But, with the project’s themes of digital paranoia, political tumult and anti-war sentiment, Ed Power argues that it’s never been more relevant Twenty years ago, Massive Attack’s golden streak went up […]
GRAMOPHONE Rob Cowan and James Jolly discuss their favourite recordings of Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony and choose a modern recommendation for the piece Welcome to Episode Two in our series featuring Rob Cowan and James Jolly as they explore and compare recordings of great works. Episode One featured Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, but for Episode Two James […]
GRAMOPHONE: Adam Walker on French music for flute This week’s podcast sees acclaimed flautist Adam Walker join Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his two new albums of French music, both released on Chandos Records. The first, ‘French Works for Flute’, sees him joined by pianist James Baillieu in music by Franck, Widor, Saint‑Saëns […]
MICHAEL BURDEN has fond memories of the 1960s and this song Towards the end of the decade there was one famous (or infamous) song that was banned, and that was “Je t’aime… moi non plus” (French for “I love you… me neither”) by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. The story of this song began in […]
Limited to 500 copies this 10” record covers the uber rare recordings of Steve Marriott before the Small faces. All tracks re-mastered. An album of rarities from the archives of the Marriott estate covering Four Decades. Includes ultra rare unreleased material from pre Small Faces days. Features the very first recordings Steve ever […]
There is something about Bach that can simultaneously soothe my often aching brain while also stirring my flagging soul and nothing more so than the sonatas and partitas for solo violin (though I don’t mind a bit of flute or oboe now and again either. I’ve been listening to quite a few recordings lately but […]
We are told: 3 CD BOX SET FEATURING THE BEST OF JOE WALSH LIVE DURING THE 80S & 90S Having now spent over 50 years in the music business, Joe Walsh’s career has been an extraordinary one. In addition to his longstanding role in the Eagles and considerable success as a solo artist, he has […]
A collection of tracks that I like, and listen to and that fit neatly onto a CD-R. In each instance, each of the CDs from which these selection of tracks are drawn are well worth buying i.e the quality of the performance is representative of the rest of the original CD. ======= 01 “I Can’t […]
Mick Fleetwood has said it is currently “unthinkable” for Fleetwood Mac to continue as a band following the death of Christine McVie. The drummer told reporters on the Grammy Awards red carpet that he thinks the legendary band is probably “done”. “I think right now, I truly think the line in the sand has been […]
Polly Samson, Pink Floyd lyricist and wife of David Gilmour, accuses Roger Waters of ‘antisemitism to your rotten core’ Waters says he entirely refutes the ‘incendiary and wildly inaccurate comments’ by former bandmate’s wife Pink Floyd lyricist Polly Samson has accused the band’s co-founder Roger Waters of being “antisemitic to your rotten core”, in an […]
GUARDIAN / RICHARD WILLIAMS ‘They felt like a possible future’: how Brian Eno and I recorded Television’s first demos hen Tom Verlaine wrote his great lyric about Broadway looking so medieval, he wasn’t thinking about the rather down-at-heel recording studio in an office building where his band, Television, made their first demos in December 1974. […]