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This is a story of the dangers of neutral sound. I always wanted to have that studio monitor sound. It would be authentic and totally hifi. I don’t think this is a good idea anymore. I’ve owned many speakers that had an interesting but not neutral sound. I was happy with large Magnepans. The Magnepans […]
Gold CDs, HDCD, XRCD. We read about all these different technologies and mediums yet CDs are CDs. Right? Paul explains the differences and why they matter. Watch Now
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When working in the editorial office we hear to a LOT of music, mainly in the background. Sometimes a track is so compelling that we stop and actually listen. And that’s how we choose our TRACK OF THE DAY
“Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Dave Simpson explains why Joy Division’s Closer is one for all eternity” MORE
When working in the editorial office we hear to a LOT of music, mainly in the background. Sometimes an album is so compelling that we stop and actually listen. And that’s how we choose Album Of The Day
Originally published 2014 Alexis Petrides writes: In a career full of wilfully perverse moves, this ought to take the cake – but in fact, Neil Young’s deliberately crackly, muffled covers album turns out to be a very powerful thing Pleaze click HERE to continue
They tell us ….. The new video from Nahko and Medicine for the People who will also be releasing their new album HOKA on June 10th through SideOneDummy Records. To coincide with Earth Day last week, Nahko released the compelling video for the track ‘Make A Change’ HERE. The video sees Nahko go through three […]
Once you hear the real deal it’s almost impossible to go back. Such was the experience I had relayed to you in yesterday’s Paul’s Post. It hadn’t taken me long to raise my standards of what music sounds like as reproduced by the extraordinary planar midrange and tweeter drivers of the FR30. Newley recorded cymbals shimmered and […]
The Monsanto Years – rails against the GM food giant and Starbucks. But what else has he been angry about in his long career? Get the entire story HERE
Miles Davis is backed by Kenny Garrett on alto saxophone and flute, Kei Agaki on synths, Richard Pattersonon bass, Ricky Wellman on drums, Erin Davis (Mile’s youngest son, incorrectly announced as John Bigham)on electronic percussion, and John “Foley” McCreary, Jr. on “lead bass” – a custom Blue Marble instrument tuned almost an octave higher than […]
Malini Mohana writes: Music is a common phenomenon that crosses all borders of nationality, race, and culture. A tool for arousing emotions and feelings, music is far more powerful than language. An increased interest in how the brain processes musical emotion can be attributed to the way in which it is described as a “language […]
Neil McCormick writes: “‘Thank you. I’m Laura,” mumbled the pale and pretty 21 year-old, nervously collecting the award for Best British Female Solo Artist at this year’s Brits. It is not often award winners feel compelled to identify themselves, but you could almost hear a nation muttering “Laura who?”Self-styled acoustic folk singer Laura Marling had […]
We are told: Blacky heavy vinyl. By Summer 1966, the Animals were ready to call it a day. John Steele had bailed out back in February and Nashville Teens drummer Barry Jenkins was drafted in as his replacement. The band had decided to break up in May, but they were contracted to do a lengthy […]
One of the finest American songwriters and folk artists of all time, John Prine was the new kid on the block in 1970, and at the time the two radio broadcasts included on this CD were recorded, he had yet to release his first album. Prine had cut his teeth around the Chicago clubs of […]
McCoy famously helped to lure Bob Dylan to Nashville. Adam Sherwin meets the musician’s musician. Continues HERE
John Clarke writes: The city of Detroit may be suffering, but it’s most famous musical export, Motown, continues to delight and surprise us. The shock being that most of the 14 tracks released here as seven vinyl singles were never issued at the time. Continue HERE
The composer credited with creating Minimalism tells Phil Johnson about discovering his own kind of music. “I grew up in the Forties with the hit parade, broadway shows and even Rhapsody in Blue. I took piano lessons like most middle-class kids but I never played or heard anything before Haydn or after Wagner. It wasn’t […]
We are told: SUPERB FM RADIO RECORDING FROM DAVID GILMOUR & BAND IN 1984 The first member of Pink Floyd to release a solo album, David Gilmours eponymous 1978 record was met with largely positive reviews and reasonable success, reaching as it did a respectable No.17 on the UK album chart. Fast forward 6 years […]
We are told ….. The entire original WBCN and WNEW-FM Broadcasts of two historic shows from the early part of their 1974 tour; Boston Garden and Madison Square Garden. Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos. For Dylan’s first proper tour since 1966, he was joined by his longstanding colleagues The Band. Expectations […]
Previously published here THE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM SOFT MACHINE LEGACY FEATURING JOHN ETHERIDGE, JOHN MARSHALL, THEO TRAVIS & ROY BABBINGTON FEATURES IN “PROG” & “JAZZWISE” This wonderful new studio album was recorded in Italy in the closing months of 2012 and features JOHN ETHERIDGE (Electric Guitar), THEO TRAVIS (Tenor Sax, Flute, Fender Rhodes), ROY BABBINGTON (Bass Guitar) and […]
Never before released on CD. 244 pages with 300 full-color photographs of shellac record collections and related ephemera on the subcontinent, as well as detailed track notes and an essay. These recordings offer virtuoso instrumental performances, jaw-dropping vocal renditions, folk music, comedy recordings, and even animal impressions; music as beautiful as it is complex, as […]
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