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A great singer and a great song. Marking the centenary of Billie Holiday’s birth, four living jazz musicians and her biographer celebrate her extraordinary and dramatic life, along with her legacy and achievements, through the prism of one historic 12-bar blues. The song Fine and Mellow, which Billie Holiday wrote herself, was recorded in 1957 […]
They tell us…. Bad Company recorded four classic albums in as many years, giving rise to some of the most recognizable rock songs of the Seventies, including “Rock Steady,” “Run With The Pack” and the Grammy-nominated, “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” Run With The Pack (1976) and Burnin’ Sky (1977) have been newly remastered from […]
We are told: • Excellent performance live from the Kool Jazz Festival, New York • Includes the entire NPR Broadcast • Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality • Background liners Jaco Pastorius, live at the Kool Jazz Festival, New York on 27th June 1982. Jaco Pastorius established himself as one of the greatest electric jazz bassists before forming […]
During the divorce from his wife Beverly, John Martyn wrote and recorded songs which reflected his strong and emotional upheaval that he was experiencing at the time. These songs were so personal and unsettling that Island Records didn’t want to release the album at first and waited for a year to do so. Right from […]
CHEAP TRICK 1995 BROADCAST FROM LAS VEGAS Cheap Trick left Epic records, the label with which they had had their biggest successes, in 1991, after the disappointing sales of the album Busted. They signed to Warner Brothers in 1993 and released Woke Up With A Monster the following year. Produced by Warner’s Ted Templeman, best […]
Formed in 1985 in Minneapolis The Jayhawks honed their skills amid the Twin Cities music scene of the late 80’s. After the albums ‘Jayhawks’ on Bunkhouse Records in ’86 and ‘Blue Earth’ on Twin Tone in ’89 our heroes were netted by Def Jam, releasing ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ in ’92 to acclaim and commercial success. […]
The 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking fusion album Bitches Brew offers an opportunity to expand upon the context of its original unveiling. The impact of this recognition can’t even be mitigated by a collision of commerce and creativity that echoes some of the furor over the original 1970 release. MORE
The mesmerizing new album from L.A.’s premiere psych rock band, The Warlocks, offers some of founder/vocalist Bobby Hecksher’s most captivating compositions in years! Features the hypnotic lead single “Lonesome Bulldog,” plus the subtly seductive album opener “Only You,” and a woozy ode to alcohol in “Drinking Song!” “Lonesome Bulldog” made its debut on Spin magazine’s […]
philsbook.com write: Studios become famous because of their clientele. Abbey Road will always be inseparable from The Beatles in history but Abbey Road Studios and the whole EMI support structure deserves its own credit not just as a place that produced great sounding records over many decades, but as an infrastructure that nurtured engineers, technicians, […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kA6p14aDk Thanks so much for Posting this rarity from RT, one of my favourites, ‘I’m empty and i’m cold, like a ruin…’
Miles Davis Live at the Plugged Nickel, now available in a deluxe five LP box set with liner notes! This box represents the most complete version available on vinyl of the Miles Davis Quintet’s legendary Plugged Nickel performance! 20 tracks in all with almost 4 hours of music taken from the 7 sets Davis […]
As with Pau Casals, so Andres Segovia was a master of his instrument. If Casals established the cello’s proper place in the orchestra and as a solo instrument, Segovia raised the guitar to an entirely new status on the concert platform. Born in 1893 in Linares, Jaen – where there is now a statue erected […]
We are told: Miles Davis and his electric group of the early 70s is some of the most innovative and important jazz music ever set to tape. While the studio recordings are amazing, they often pale in comparison to the loose, improvisational and fiery heights that the group could reach in front of a […]
Larkin Poe – Strike GoldJohn Primer & The Real Deal – You Mean So Much To MeJo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls – Alligator BloodThe Dig 3 – You’re The OneBoogie Beasts – Long Haired Doney (Album of the week “Blues From Jupiter”)Boogie Beasts – Someday Baby BluesDC Blues – Rollin’ & Tumblin’Dr. Feelgood […]
Larkin Poe – Strike GoldJohn Primer & The Real Deal – You Mean So Much To MeJo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls – Alligator BloodThe Dig 3 – You’re The OneBoogie Beasts – Long Haired Doney (Album of the week “Blues From Jupiter”)Boogie Beasts – Someday Baby BluesDC Blues – Rollin’ & Tumblin’Dr. Feelgood […]
The May 8, 1977 Performance At Cornell University’s Barton Hall, Revered By Many As The Best Grateful Dead Show Of All Time, First Official Release Following Acquisition Of “Betty Board” Master Tapes Available As A 3-CD Set, 5-LP Set LOS ANGELES – The Grateful Dead played more than 2,000 concerts, but none continues to spark […]
For all its delightful and ethereal tinkliness, the harp suffers from something of an identity crisis. It lacks the versatility of the piano or the piercing qualities of the violin, let alone the brute force of the brass, so if it isn’t careful it can find itself relegated to a soothing, background role. Catrin Finch […]
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Ben as played and toured around the world with Gringos Locos, Leningrad Cowboys and Guitar Slingers in the 80’s-90’s. But is probably more known for his solo work, lead playing with Los Bastardos Finlandeses and 4 years with Wishbone Ash (2001-2004). His 3 first CDs were all instrumental and mirrored his admiration of Jeff Beck, […]
Joanne Lipman writes: CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard. Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about […]
We are told ….. Leonard Cohen only toured three times during the 1980s; in the decade’s opening year he performed a couple of shows each in Australia and the US, plus a handful of dates in Europe. In 1985 he followed a near identical itinerary, while 1998 was witness to a more extended European jaunt, […]
ROGER NORRINGTON: Who was it who said that two of the most fascinating things in life are sex and the 18th century? Certainly for lovers of classical music it is a century of quite extraordinary riches: beginning with the late baroque joys of Bach and Handel, overseeing the rise of opera, the sonata, string quartet […]