Previously published here Following on from their successful appearance at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, Pet Shop Boys have released their 11th studio album, Elysium. Here Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe tell the story of the album. MORE
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Legendary Valentines Day 1980 recording Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality Background liners and images Recorded on Valentine’s Day 1980, shortly after the release of their hugely successful Permanent Waves album, this tight and forceful live set captures the long-lived Canadian trio at their progressive best. Presented in superb […]
Live at the Navy Pier Ballroom, Chicago IL on 3rd 1988. By 1988 K.D. Lang’s unique brand of offbeat country music (which she famously dubbed “torch and twang”) was fast making her a star beyond her native Canada. She and her band the Reclines performed this superb set at the Navy Pier Ballroom […]
Bette Midler is tiny but what she lacks in height she makes up for in attitude. She’s running late, then suddenly she’s not, except, in the end, it turns out she is. There is a PR to meet me in the foyer of Claridge’s, and a PR in the hall of the huge suite that […]
A new batch of 5in1 box sets celebrating legendary jazz artists from the Verve catalogue.This run includes Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holiday.These sets are CDs in wallets housed in a slipcase. 1. Little White Lies 2. You Hit The Spot 3. What’s Your […]
Tony Andrews writes ….. Many people are convinced that The 60s were the most important era in British and American Music. I was around at the time and yes, I can honestly say that it was. Many exciting groups helped to structure quality jazz music. Many of the musicians continued to drive evolutionary music styles […]
Since 1956, when she first appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, Toshiko Akiyoshi has been a significant force in the jazz world, both as pianist and composer. She was the first woman to win DownBeat magazine’s Best Arranger/Composer poll category. The New York Times called her “perhaps the most physically articulate conductor since Duke Ellington.” […]
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, including the godfather of New Orleans jazz Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. Continue HERE
A more relaxed attitude may be emerging towards the colossal musical legacy of Britain’s modern titan of the opera MORE
Billed as Almost Summer, the first concert ever at Giants Stadium featured The Beach Boys, Steve Miller Band, Pablo Cruise, and local band Stanky Brown. Steve Miller was flying high on the back of his tenth studio album Book Of Dreams, an album that like it’s predecessor Fly Like An Eagle, produced three hit […]
Andy Mckee is a guitar maestro whose YouTube videos have had more than 80 million views. MORE
Originally published in 2013 Former Cream drummer Ginger Baker talks about his battle with heroin, how he was the original Rolling Stones drummer and being the subject of the documentary Beware of Mr Baker MORE
Soul singer Aretha Franklin is angry over unauthorised biography by former collaborator David Ritz, claiming it is “full of lies” Please click HERE to continue
The Complete Art Pepper at Ronnie Scott’s 1980′ (7xLP box set including 16 page booklet) (Including seventeen performances previously unavailable along with all the tracks on the two Mole Jazz albums Blues For The Fisherman and True Blues) “Art Pepper was booked to appear at Ronnie Scott’s during the last two weeks of June 1980 […]
Jimi Hendrix watched them rehearse, Stevie Wonder joined them on drums, and Fela Kuti partied with them in Lagos. Osibisa, whose African sunshine sound captivated the planet, have now returned MORE
Very special highlights collection of Jack Bruce’s work will be available this autumn with the release of Sunshine of Your Love: A Life in Music. The career spanning 35-track 2CD anthology will feature the greatest works from the legendary musician, composer and bass virtuoso. The anthology celebrates the highlights of Jack Bruce’s career and covers […]
Stephen Ross writes: A stands for Alberich, antisemitism and Apocalypse Now. A is for Alberich, the vertically challenged, sex-crazed villain whose theft of the gold at the beginning of Das Rheingold – the prelude to the Ring Cycle – triggers a train of deranged events, which concludes four evenings and 15 hours later with the […]
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Bruckner sung by Polyphony, Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings and Clement Doucet’s playful take on Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xkbgt
Miles Davis – horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It […]
