Nostalgic without bitterness or regret, the melodies pour out of this double album themed around the titular resort Continues HERE
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From our archives For this 2018 Raumklang release, Laurence Cummings and the Harmony of Nations deliver works by Johann Sebastian Bach that involve the number 3. Obvious picks for such a numerically based theme are the Concerto for 3 violins in D minor, after BWV 1063, and the Concerto for 3 violins in D major, […]
Neil Young’s first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was “terrific: modest, honest, funny and frequently moving,” while The New York Times found it “as charismatically off the wall as Mr. Young’s records.” Now, in Special Deluxe, Young has fashioned a second work […]
8CD/1DVD Deluxe Edition box set Premieres 100 previously unreleased live and studio recordings including 14 unreleased songs Exclusive DVD of “Trouble No More: A Musical Film,” a new feature-length film incorporating never-before-seen footage from Dylan’s legendary 1980 tours 120 page photo book Extensive liner notes Essential Dylan Anthology Premieres 100 Previously Unreleased Live and Studio […]
Wilko Johnson, legendary guitarist with Dr Feelgood, and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock giants The Who have released a joint album ‘Going Back Home’ on the world famous Chess label which has been resurrected especially for the purpose. The album features 11 tracks, ten of which are Wilko originals from both his Dr Feelgood […]
Of the large crop of tenors reaching their prime years in the late 2010s, Malta’s Joseph Calleja has shown strong signs of breaking out from the pack, and this Verdi recital can only help him. Calleja combines a rich, smooth middle range with a bright, edgy top in which he can convincingly explode in emotion. […]
The Alpha label has been reconfigured into part of the larger OutHere group, with a general repertory replacing the Renaissance and Baroque specialties of the sumptuously packaged former label. One thing has remained the same, however, at least in this release by conductor Paavo Järvi and the ad hoc but highly talented Estonian Festival Orchestra: […]
In 2007, Joni Mitchell released her last studio album to date,Shine. That release was her first recording since 2002’sTravelogue and first collection of new songs since 1998’sTaming the Tiger. Over the past seven years, the influential singer-songwriter has mainly made headlines for her candid and revealing interviews, on which she’s held forth about such topics as […]
Ivan Hewett (The Telegraph) analyses what qualities are needed to make a great composer and takes issue with the suggestion that Stravinksy is not among the finest. What makes for greatness in classical music? My colleague Damian Thompson had some fun with this question in his Saturday column. He declared that only pompous music lovers […]
http://stereogum.com/1190201/bob-mou…es/lead-story/ 1. Sugar – Copper Blue 2. H|sker D| – Flip Your Wig 3. H|sker D| – New Day Rising 4. Bob Mould – Workbook 5. Bob Mould – Silver Age 6. Sugar – File Under Easy Listening 7. H|sker D| – Zen Arcade 8. Sugar – Beaster 9. H|sker D| – Candy Apple Grey […]
We are told: This all-star tribute to Aretha, recorded live at Radio City Music Hall in New York pays tribute to one of the USA s national treasures. Previously unreleased on DVD or CD, the undisputed Queen of Soul is joined by some very special guest stars including Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, […]
“The Boss”, live at Hollywood Center Studios, June 5th, 1992. In March 1992 Bruce Springsteen released his first albums in five years, Human Touch and Lucky Town. To support them he embarked on a world tour, his first without the E-Street Band (though he did retain keyboardist Roy Bittan). The new band’s final rehearsal before […]
Between light and shade … pianist Momo Kodama. Photograph: Marco Borggreve Kate Molleson writes … Debussy looked east for inspiration, enthralled by Javanese gamelans and Japanese woodcuts. Toshio Hosokawa, born in Hiroshima in 1955, writes wispy music rooted in the western tradition. Pianist Momo Kodama grew up in Osaka and studied in Paris; her first […]
Claudia Pritchard … Britten’s sole violin concerto is constructed from simple scales rising and falling expressively over exotic Spanish rhythms, but within this framework, from the opening silken thread to passages of great passion and profundity, the concerto unfolds into a piece of great magnitude. Continue HERE
“John Martyn, who died in 2009, was described by David Gray as “a true pioneer” and it’s no surprise that Gray is one of the 30 artists who have lined up to pay tribute to one of British music’s most original performers and songwriters. Gray often performs Go Down Easy at concerts but for Johnny […]
I rather like these 3. All new to me as of today: Tractor: “Little Girl In Yellow” String Driven Thing: “Night Club” Body: “The Sun Will Never Shine On” Well worth checking out – I feel
Recorded live at My Father’s Place, Old Roslyn, New York, USA on 8th May 1974. Dave Swarbrick: Violin, Vocals Trevor Lucas: Guitar, Vocals Sandy Denny: Vocals, Piano Dave Pegg Bass: Guitar Dave Mattacks: Drums Jerry Donahue: Guitar Matty Groves Solo It’ll Take a Long Time Dirty Linen Brilliancy Medley-Cherokee Shuffle Like an Old Fashioned Waltz Ballad of Ned Kelly Hexamshire […]
Playing the hits on stage allows Jones free rein in the studio – spoken word, doomy electronics and 60s psych are threaded through songs by Dylan, Michael Kiwanuka and more MORE
We are told: The Newport Folk Festival takes place at Fort Adams State Park in Newport Rhode Island, a beautiful setting and a favourite of many acts. This gem saw stunning performances by John Hiatt, Laura Nyro, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, John Lee Hooker, BB King all captured & broadcast by KGNU-FM.
We are told: This 4CD box set lovingly documents the final musical years of a true legend, a great songwriter, musician, and formidable frontman. Steve Marriott was sadly taken from us prematurely at the age of 44 on the 30th April 1991. Vocalist and guitarist in such great bands as Small Faces and Humble […]
Touching on both Cole Porter and Eric Garner, this long-time trio invigorate bop with thrilling, socially conscious free jazz https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/23/vijay-iyer-linda-may-han-oh-tyshawn-sorey-uneasy-review
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Cologne, originally the twelfth release in the Dagger Records official bootleg series released as an LP and now on CD, documents this spirited, January 13, 1969 performance at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany. Hendrix kicked off the proceedings with a scalding “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)” from Electric […]