They tell us…. Nils Lofgren has been playing and performing with some of the biggest names in music including Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young to name but a few. He is also at the same time carved out a successful solo career. This set recorded at London’s Town & Country Club in […]
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Andy Peebles presents a profile of Leiber and Stoller, the American writers and producers who made hits for Elvis Presley, Ben E King, the Drifters and many more. First broadcast in 1982. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rzm8t?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=inxmail_newsletter&ns_campaign=bbc4_week37&ns_linkname=2content_object_right_2&ns_fee=0
Extremely rare live in studio recordings of one of England’s most superlative female-fronted acid folk bands, recorded in 1971 and 1972 with DJ Bob Harris for BBC Radio 1. Formed in London in 1969, Trees have been likened to a more psychedelic Fairport Convention (with the amazing Celia Humphris taking the role of Sandy […]
Sound on Sound Gordon Reid & Will Betts write ….. Peter Zinovieff has been described as Britain’s Bob Moog. A renowned composer from the mid ‘60s to the present day, he was also one of the founders of EMS who produced seminal synthesizers such as the VCS3 and the Synthi AKS, as used by […]
Randall Roberts writes: Longtime devotees of the rock band Fleetwood Mac might be forgiven for letting out a gleeful yelp when registering the news that singer-keyboardist Christine McVie shared with The Times in December while sitting next to her band mate — guitarist, singer and producer Lindsey Buckingham. “I’ve been sending Lindsey demos in their […]
Genre-hopping can enrich players and audiences alike. If anyone doubts the astonishing range and quality of classical music recordings being made today – and, I hope, regular readers of these pages would harbour no such perception – then they should really take heed of this month’s releases. There’s always a slight seasonality to release schedules, […]
Today we welcome Rosie Purdie The issue of opera and its appeal to a wide and diverse audience is one that opera makers are painfully aware of. It’s no secret that nowadays the majority of audiences who go to the opera are in the 60-plus age bracket and, although valiant attempts are being made to […]
Marty Paule writes: Highly opinionated and fiercely independent in his views about pro sound, Bob Heil builds mics and possesses a professional resume to back up his often out-of-the-box attitude. And speaking of boxes, it was Bob who invented one of the most memorable guitar effects of all time: the Heil Talk Box that made […]
5 classic studio albums packaged together in a new slim line slipcase from one of the biggest female artists of the 70s & 80s, commonly referred to the ‘British Queen Of Blues’. In 2012, Elkie had released more albums that had reached the top 75 of the UK album chart than any other British female […]
THE GUARDIAN / Andrew Clements Faust/Les Siècles/Roth(Harmonia Mundi)Performed on original instruments, the composer’s neoclassical works – particularly his Violin Concerto, brilliantly played by Isabelle Faust, come into sharper focus t was through their recordings of Stravinsky’s early ballets a decade ago that François-Xavier Roth and the period instruments of Les Siècles cemented their international reputation. […]
For me, yes. I have played this and played it and ………. and I can’t get it out of my head. Magnificent. Read a review by a better writer than me HERE Learn more about the band HERE
After Krystian Zimerman’s recent outburst at an audience member for filming on their phone, Rupert Christiansen wonders if it will ever be possible to eliminate pirate recording. Krystian Zimerman, one of today’s very greatest pianists and a man of exceptional intelligence and integrity, stormed off the platform in the middle of a recital in Germany […]
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
THE GUARDIAN / Ben Beaumont-Thomas Steve Mackey, the bass guitarist for Pulp during the band’s most successful years, has died aged 56. His wife, stylist Katie Grand, announced the news on her Instagram page, writing: After three months in hospital, fighting with all his strength and determination, we are shocked and devastated to have said […]
THE GUARDIAN / Ben Beaumont-Thomas Wayne Shorter, one of America’s greatest jazz saxophonists whose career spanned bop, fusion and more, has died in hospital in Los Angeles, aged 89. His publicist confirmed his death to the New York Times. Shorter was a central force in three of the 20th century’s great jazz groups: the Jazz […]
Welcome to The Social Club. The Social Club opens its doors again on February 6th Live music and chats, special guests with spuds on the bar. A place to come and share your thoughts and ask questions, a place to be part of a new online community to embrace each other’s hopes and fears. A […]
As I look at my 100 favourite albums of all time, I realise very few are without fault. A duff track here or a naff vocal there. May be I am picky but even DSOTM and St Peppers have their weaker moments. The closest I get is Ziggy Stardust and strangely Camel Alive Record ( […]
We are told: 1967 – 2017: VANILLA FUDGE celebrate their 50th anniversary with another musical rock monument – Live At Sweden Rock 2016”! What began in April 1967 in the Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead/ NY, does still possess the same charisma a good 50 years later in the rather quiet Swedish town of […]
Marijuana and audio. How are they related and why do some audiophiles have the reputation of being stoners? Watch Now
LAURA SNAPES: BBC Introducing, which unearths emerging musicians and has supported artists from Ed Sheeran to Holly Humberstone, will be cut from 32 to 20 shows The BBC has confirmed rumours that it is to cut back its slate of BBC Introducing programmes, the nationwide regional radio arm of its platform dedicated to unearthing emerging […]
THE INDEPENDENT: Jim Farber talks to the late singer’s former bandmate Chris Biondo and composer Christopher Willis about using AI and fresh symphonic arrangements ‘to do the right thing by her’ n 1992, four years before the death of a then-unknown singer named Eva Cassidy, and eight before she would achieve posthumous, worldwide fame, she […]