This interview by Miquel Cullen (The Independent): Bill Laswell is telling an anecdote about Ginger Baker, the scandal-prone Cream drummer and star of this year’s cult film Beware of Mr Baker: “In Tuscany, when I went to visit him in his abandoned farm house, nobody knew who he was. I remember Jimmy Page came to […]
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At a time when the heads of most record labels barely know how to play a record, let alone make one, Manfred Eicher—owner, founder, and inspiration of ECM Records, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2010—has been intimately involved in the making of nearly 1200 of them. How many, though, can he actually remember working […]
This landmark release, recorded in October 2014 in a joint effort by ear MUSIC and the BBC, captures the band’s first ever live acoustic performance at the glorious Roundhouse in London. This sensational recording features the new pared-back side of Quo, as revealed on the hit 2014 album ‘Aquostic! (Stripped Bare)’. This album soared to […]
He never played a note, but Storm Thorgerson left an indelible mark on the musical history of the 1970s. David Hepworth pays tribute. The cover of the 12in long-playing album had the magical effect of making the record within the cover seem more important than it was. It’s this canvas, longingly gazed at through the […]
Coming off the less-than-classic Shake It Up, the Cars decided again to change things up, this time moving from their home studio in Boston to London to record with Mutt Lange. The producer was coming off a string of sleek modern hits, most recently Def Leppard’s Pyromania, and the Cars put themselves in Lange’s capable […]
From the archives As Bob Dylan releases Shadows in the Night, his unique take on some of America’s best-loved songs, he talks technique and tradition, giving a rare insight into his own influences and philosophy on life: Please click HERE to continue
From our archives … With the passing of Jesse Winchester last year, America lost one of its truly great singer-songwriters, but here is an unexpected release that will remind both his fans and those new to his art what a remarkable talent he was. Seems Like Only Yesterday Live in Montreal 1976 presents, for the […]
“It’s partly about Woking where I grew up. I don’t think the swinging 60s ever hit there’. In 1981, I was going through a few changes. I was taking note of what was going on in our country. When you’re touring, you’re often in your own bubble, but we were going around the country seeing […]
An outstanding 1971 studio concert broadcast, featuring Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, hot off the road with Eric Clapton and George Harrison, live at A&R Recording Studios in New York City – this time with friends Duane & Gregg Allman and King Curtis. The show begins acoustically (listen to D&B & Duane on Come […]
My response: Frankly, I have no idea, not even one and so I ‘investigated’ and this is what I found this from Mr. Hussain: Al I. Husain, Pretending to be Lester Bangs without the BangsU It’s a great question and hard to answer as from general observations, Ronnie has filled in quite well as the […]
” We have a problem. The music industry has been celebrating a surge of interest in one of its most beloved artifacts: the vinyl record. Major labels are returning to their old business model and are quickly saturating clothes stores, online shops, electronics outlets and international vinyl-themed holidays with reissues of old classics. It’s easy […]
We perceive sound with our ears. We listen with our minds. What’s interesting about this observation is that no two people hear or listen in the same way yet we can each agree an oboe is an oboe, a guitar a guitar, Beethoven’s 5th rather than another symphony. Our senses may be similar in function but […]
Paul McGowan: We don’t typically listen to stereo standing up, so how important is the chair and its height in a high end audio setup? Paul tackles this interesting question with an answer that might surprise you. Watch Now
Nico’s 1974 album remastered and expanded into a 2CD set with the inclusion of five tracks from two John Peel sesions, two tracks from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975 and two tracks from the Rainbow Theatre Allmusic.com review by Dave Thompson: “It is one of the most entrenched visions in the rock critic’s […]
From the archives: Was Sibelius’s symphony of ‘pure cold water’ intended as a corrective to a musical world of modernist angst? Tom Service looks at the Finnish composer’s self-effacing, but hugely influential, work. Sibelius on his Sixth Symphony: “Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer […]
PAUL MCGOWAN … A master recording captured on 30-year-old magnetic tape won’t sound as good as it once did, but that is not true of virgin vinyl or digital of the same age. Of all the virgin vinyl ever produced there was one that was head-and-shoulders better than any other: Direct-to-Disc recording. Many of us […]
The cheer that greets the Stones Roses as they arrive onstage to the opening strains of I Wanna Be Adored is deafening: they haven’t done anything yet, and the audience is already behaving as though the gig is a triumph. An impartial observer might be forgiven for being surprised. Reunions of legendary bands are always […]
Previously unreleased 1975 GENE CLARK BROADCAST Gene Clark’s luck was rarely of the ‘good’ variety during his post-Byrds career, and though his 1974 album No Other would come to be seen as a neglected masterpiece years after its release, by early 1975 it was considered an expensive flop that put Clark on the bad side […]
Amid extensive touring prior to the release of their acclaimed 1971 album Take Heart, Mimi Farina and Tom Jans prepared themselves for the recording that would ultimately signify their partnership and help to establish their legacy with a larger audience. Once again they were on the road with an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio for a […]
This DVD package features rare clips and outstanding live performances of some of Pink Floyd’s best know tracks from their seminal early period. Includes rousing versions of “Let There Be More Light”, “Flaming” from an exclusive French television sequence, a furious version of “Cymbaline” KQED live 1970, and a mind-boggling performance of one of Pink […]
Prompted by the Radio 3’s Early Music Show on CPE Bach, Ivan Hewett explores what exactly makes music modern Please click HERE to continue
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The rock veteran Roger Daltrey has lamented the absence of musical “movements”. He said: “Here we are with the world in the state it is in, and we’ve got One Direction.” The Who frontman, who along with Pete Townshend is due to perform a series of shows marking the band’s 50th anniversary, told the Mail […]