Bessie Smith, Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) (1933) This raucous song of drinking and misbehaving was considered to have content not suitable to air. Billie Holiday, a long-time Smith fan, covered this song in 1949. 29 more HERE
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A musician is halfway through a public performance when they realise they might not make it to the end. Their body is fighting them, they’re in extreme pain. But stopping is not an option so they push on. No one would know. But boy does the musician know it. When they come off stage, they […]
Rafael Payare conducts the BBC Philharmonic in two of the ground-breaking works which heralded the twentieth century: Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h0l2c
We are told: THE COMPLETE SHOW RECORDED AT THE MARQUEE LONDON IN 1973 The 1980 Floor Show (a pun on the song ‘1984’) was the first appearance by David Bowie since his much publicized retirement on 3rdJuly 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon. It was also to be his last appearance as Ziggy Stardust The show […]
Tony Andrews (Jazz and contemporary music editor) writes …. I am not sure if I have mentioned it before but apart from attending as many Jazz Concerts as possible I am regularly found at BBC Radio Recordings. One BBC Recording I never miss is Open Ear – the Flagship for Contemporary Music on Radio 3. […]
Recorded and Filmed Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 7th May 2004. Elkie’s recording career began when, as a teenager, she was billed as Manchester’s answer to Brenda Lee. She worked with several big-name jazz bands at that time, such as those led by Eric Delaney and Humphrey Lyttleton, and released a few singles, but […]
This debut release of Neil Ardley and his New Jazz Orchestra BBC broadcasts from 1971 measure a year of change for the band’s musical director. The first session captures the full majesty of the NJO at the height of its powers in a ‘Jazz Club’ session from February with a 20-performer line-up pre-recorded at London’s […]
I start this thread hoping people will say their views – there are clearly no answers, and this is pure forum banter, but it will be nice to have such discussion. I had always thought that the ‘the Absolute Sound’ is the correct sound model – ie based on fidelity to the original source. […]
CDs and LPs; sometimes DVDs too. As editor I get advanced notification of music releases and so I’m sharing it. Primarily Blues, Jazz, Classic and Rock. I make no value judgements here i.e I am merely …. the conduit. Updated pretty much 24/7 HERE Thanks HP
“Jazz Sur le Vif” FM broadcast. High quality recording broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation of a fascinating and breathtaking gig. Miles Davis – trumpet, keyboards Bill Evans – tenor and soprano saxophones, piano, flute Marcus Miller – electric bass Mike Stern – guitar Al Foster – drums Mino Cinelu – percussion Tracks 1. DJ […]
The charismatic New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa looks back at her life in song through forty years of classic performances from the BBC archives, from her first TV performance on The Harry Secombe Show in 1971 to her appearances on Top of the Pops to sing the rugby anthem World in Union in […]
Out of my thousands of vinyl pressings the thought struck me that it might be interest, for me and perhaps for some of you to try and list my favourite 100. A big task, but not an unpleasant one. But for sanity’s sake I have to set a few limits. First, an era restriction. So, […]
THE GUARDIAN / Alexis Petridis As Dave Gahan happily admits, there was a moment when he thought there would never be another Depeche Mode album. Actually, he says, there were two. The first came as a result of the pandemic, when he underwent a rock star equivalent of the Great Resignation, the phenomenon in which […]
Paul McGowan: Some amplifiers work better with some speakers. Who do you know which one to choose for best sound quality? Watch Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp9yaQS06rk A few viewer comments: “Ive seen Family and Chappo many times what a tuuuuuuuune love it last time I heard this played live was back in the 70s at the Buxton festival with the streetwalkers it was raining that day and as soon as Roger kicked in with this song a miracle occurred and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA “Still one of the finest and beyond a doubt the coolest soundtrack to one of the best British films of all time Roy Budd’s theme from Get Carter is truly kick ass…from the bad ass bass riff to the tablas to the keyboards. The three keyboard instruments are a grand piano (with lots of […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV-vN-4DIxs “Classic Monkees video with a great song written by Craig Vincent Smith. In addition to the great music, the Monkees were fortunate to have some very innovative editors who broke new ground into what would become contemporary music videos. This song is from the Monkees November 1967 album, “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”. […]