For decades, multi-Grammy-winner Ry Cooder has used his virtuosic command of the guitar to explore countless genres across more than a dozen solo albums. But he’s also a master at using music to conjure moods and atmospheres, a skill that’s earned him acclaim as a soundtrack producer with film credits that go back more than […]
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To coincide with the Ten Years After’s eponymous debut release in 1967 Chrysalis Records are proud to present a 50th Anniversary 10 CD Box Set. This limited edition set includes a CD of previously unreleased material. To celebrate this special occasion, in November 2017 Chrysalis Records will release a brand new 10 CD Box Set, […]
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/other/article/lang-lang-s-new-album-to-feature-two-different-versions-of-bach-s-goldberg-variations
Morrissey, being a big Ramones fan, particularly of the early years, had always wanted to compile a “best of” album and this year he got his wish. This compilation reflects Morrissey’s experience of listening to the band for the first time. With the sad passing of Tommy recently, both management and Morrissey felt this was […]
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/the-50-greatest-mahler-recordings
The perfect introduction to Brahms’s music, featuring recordings by Nelson Freire, Riccardo Chailly, Marin Alsop, Grigory Sokolov, Artemis Quartet, Emil Gilels, Julia Fischer, Itzhak Perlman, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and many more https://www.gramophone.co.uk/other/article/the-50-greatest-brahms-recordings
The Even Dozen Jug Band – The Even Dozen Jug Band (CD1) Take Your Fingers Off It Come On In Mandolin King Rag Overseas Stomp Evolution Mama The Even Dozens I Don’t Love Nobody Rag Mama France Blues On The Road Again Original Colossal Drag Rag All Worn Out Lonely One In This Town Sadie […]
24 Karat Gold — Songs from the Vault will see release on October 7th via Warner Bros, though vinyl lovers will be able to pick up a limited edition double LP a week earlier starting September 29th. The LP follows Nicks’ 2011 solo effort, In Your Dreams, and was produced by herself, Dave Stewart and guitarist Waddy […]
Latino Bugger Veil presents the long-awaited reissues of Butthole Surfers’ first four full-length albums. Originally released between 1984 and 1988, these classic and influential LPs capture the band at their peak, drawing from punk, rock, psychedelic and experimental influences for a truly inspired and unmistakably unique sound. With Rembrandt Pussyhorse the Butthole Surfers didn’t really […]
To see so many organisations, new and old, recognising realities and yet seizing opportunities is heartening Every year, around this time, I report back from the annual gathering of the classical industry at the Classical:NEXT conference. Bringing labels, distributors, innovators and artists together always breeds good ideas, goodwill and a better, shared understanding of where, […]
From the archives Following last year’s monumental Cutting Edge release, which covered Dylan’s 1965 and 1966 studio recordings, we are thrilled to announce Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings, a new box set that will contain every known live recording from the legendary 1966 tour with (what became known as) The Band. Bob Dylan: The […]
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• First release of 3-LP set as envisioned by James Brown • Includes deluxe jacket with rare photos and liner notes by Alan Leeds • Mastered from Brown’s 1971 mixdown reels, unused until now! James Brown’s magnum opus! Love Power Peace is the sound of the Godfather and his youngblood J.B.’s (including Bootsy and Catfish […]
The broadcaster, critic, composer and author Stephen Johnson has recently published a new study of Mahler’s Symphony No 8 – The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910. James Jolly spoke to him about the book: why Mahler’s Eighth and the extraordinary story of its 1910 Munich premiere. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/other/article/stephen-johnson-discusses-mahler-s-eighth-symphony
We are told: This powerful anthology starts with Bowie’s Tokyo broadcast of his 1990 Sound + Vision performance. Bowie’s 1990 Sound + Vision tour was billed as a greatest hits tour. He intended this to be a live swansong for his catalogue of old favourites, after which Bowie declared that they would disappear from his […]
2016 marks the release of Heal My Soul – the extraordinary lost album from Jeff Healey which has never been heard before by the public. March 25th of this year would have seen Jeff turn 50 years old and this album begins the celebration of a milestone year for a true musical icon. Heal My […]
This is a thrillingly fresh and vibrant version of Carmen, conducted by Simon Rattle, writes Rupert Christiansen. Read more by clicking HERE
They report: Jeremy Nicholas listens to his favourite musical depictions of sunrise No 1 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Scene 3 of the ballet, commissioned by Diaghilev (who didn’t like what he heard), opens with a sunrise and ‘Daphnis prostrate at the grotto of the nymphs’. The second of the two suites which Ravel drew from the […]
To mark Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary, David Fanning explores the ever-growing catalogue of the Russian composer’s extraordinary and underappreciated music Twenty-five years ago, bedridden, with only 14 months to live, Weinberg celebrated his 75th birthday. The Russian musical world, however, did not. Concert life in post-Soviet Russia was in poor shape – one wry observer commented […]
We are told: As two of the UK’s finest exponents of traditional song, Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy’s rich, distinctive and authentic voices have engaged new audiences and admirers across two generations. Between them, they have three prestigious Mercury Prize nominations, an MBE each for services to English music and have both been presented with […]
She’s had billion-streaming hits and written songs with everyone from Dua Lipa to Linkin Park – but Michaels’ pedigree doesn’t translate into an indelible pop personality MORE
Originally released in a micro-edition of twenty (!) cassettes, these earliest recordings of the Soledads brim with raw, unadulterated houserockin blues and Midwestern malaise. Songs recorded on a front porch? Check. Gunshots heard off in the distance? Check. Electric snowshovel? Check. Recorded by Jack White in 1998 at 1203 Ferdinand, he also plays piano on […]
Iron Butterfly’s second album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, was cut from the same cloth as contemporary outings by fellow LA luminaries The Seeds, The Music Machine and The Strawberry Alarm Clock, yet it outshone them all. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida sold in excess of one million copies in its first year alone and became the soundtrack to the summer of 1968, […]
We are told: In 2010 Rhino reissued the very successful Live Classic Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton as a Four-Disc set with more than three hours of unreleased performances. We are now releasing a revised version as a mid-price fatpack on June 16th. The revised version contains 4 CDs (identical […]