MDM writes: Technically, no. Waters presented the band with an ultimatum, that either Wright voluntarily leaves Pink Floyd or The Wall will never be completed. I suppose, the other band members could have declined the drastic measure, but they knew that Waters was right and Wright, who had been going through a lot of personal […]
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We all know the classics from decades ago. What are your favorite your more contemporary female jazz singers of today? Living close to Nashville I have the opportunity to see and hear a lot of up and coming artists. Nashville is NOT just country music by a long shot. I’ll start with Diana Krall….” MORE
It has survived the 7 consecutive plays or it goes back test here. Must be good. It is good. Fine musicianship. An undemanding listen but far from wallpaper either. Read a comprehensive and in my view accurate if slightly harsh review HERE I wouldn’t suggest paying full price because … You can pick up a […]
AllMusic Review by James Manheim [-] Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130, is textually knotty in a way that few other Beethoven works are. Beethoven originally ended the work with the radical Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, heard at the end of this program by the Ehnes Quartet. It mystified audiences, […]
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In 1932, a musician called Gage Brewer began performing on one of the first electrically amplified Hawaiian guitars. The idea soon appealed to guitarists rendered almost inaudible in big swing bands, but six years passed before a jazz guitarist, George Barnes, first ….. MORE
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood joins the Gramophone Podcast to discuss Baroque music’s greatest composer This week’s podcast is devoted to exploring the music, life and legacy of the greatest genius of Baroque music – and arguably of all music – JS Bach. Editor Martin Cullingford invited Bach specialist and Gramophone reviewer, the Royal Academy of Music’s Principal […]
TajMo marks a timely convergence of the talents of two unique American artists who’ve already built iconoclastic individual legacies that have extended and expanded blues traditions into adventurous new territory. The collaboration brings out the best in both artists, with the pair merging their distinctive voices, personalities and guitar styles to create vibrant, immediate music […]
A user writes: The number of songs which the BBC has banned is long and undistinguished. In fact I regularly use the BBC ban-list in debates when people talk about what ‘snowflakes’ we have become (looking at some of the older items on that list – we have always been snowflakes). But the era that […]
The world-famous tenor says that he and his colleagues feel as though they are in ‘straight-jackets’ Please click HERE to continue
Audiophile Audition / John Henry writes ….. This is a live version follow-up to an earlier studio album the pair entitled The Enchantment. Ten of the 11 tracks are repeats, but the improvisations go on about twice as long in each case. These are among the best duets ever recorded, and the rather strange combination […]
FROM OUR ARCHIVES YolanDa Brown presents six hours of jazz through the night, marking the opening of the London Jazz Festival, with some of the biggest names in jazz who have played the festival. Right Now
Jessica Duchen writes … He has been termed music’s greatest iconoclast. But in his centenary year, is John Cage going mainstream? The composer’s Musicircus airs at Aldeburgh Festival tonight; later this summer, a whole evening at the Proms is devoted to his works. Yet in his lifetime (1912-1992), struggling for a living, Cage (right) would […]
They told us ….. For more than 12 years Marissa Nadler has perfected her own take on the exquisitely sculpted gothic American song form. On her seventh full-length,‘Strangers’, released on Bella Union, she has shed any self-imposed restrictions her earlier albums adhered to, stepped through a looking glass and created a truly monumental work. Her […]
Update: Eric has enabled embedding on his videos once more; he disabled the function recently. We’ve embedded a video from his YouTube channel below. According to Andy Warhol, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes — a concept that has gelled even more with the advent of the Internet. Well, yesterday a humble music store […]
Audiophile Clear Vinyl is made using the highest quality co-polymer available and processed without any carbon additive in order to dramatically reduce the “electrical distortion” often found on records. By itself the co-polymer of vinyl is transparent. In order to make the record black in color the plant must use a carbon additive with trace […]
We are told: Warner Bros. Records celebrate Van Morrison’s classic 1970 album in 1-CD, 2-CD and 4-CD/1-BD configurations. The latter expanded versions comprehensively explore the album’s sessions via outtakes, alternate takes and previously unheard mixes. Following one 1967 album for Bert Berns’ Bang Records, Van Morrison made his debut at the famous Burbank label in […]
Truancy: The Very Best Of Pete Townshend is the new 17 track album showcasing the very best of The Who guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, featuring two brand new songs – ‘Guantanamo’ and ‘How Can I Help You’. This is part of on extensive reissue programme for Townshend’s solo material that will see the catalogue remastered […]
Lauded and acclaimed for over 30 years, both Swedish guitarist Yngwie J Malmsteen and Canadian guitarist/vocalist Pat Travers are true guitar heroes. These sets bring together the Polydor albums recorded by Yngwie J Malmsteen and Pat Travers during the periods 1984 – 1990 and mid-1970s to 80s respectively. All the tracks have been digitally remastered […]
1979 debut solo album from Roger Chapman re-mastered from original tapes featuring bonus tracks, rare demos, and memorabilia. Roger Chapman, a truly original singer, songwriter and performer who today is still regarded as an icon of British contemporary rock music, is probably best known as a member and main song writer of the […]
H Sayers writes: Others will have a different view but for me classic rock extends roughly from 1967 to 1981, in other words the pre cd era. Most of the great albums from that time have a superb side one and an indifferent side two but back then we would often only play one side […]
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Worthless As I look around my house and view vast number of shelves, all heaving with ‘worthless’ LPs and CDs, I can see the benefit of such an approach. You’re freer and less shackled. I sometimes think about moving house, but can’t face the prospect of shifting all those records. It’s not just a question […]