“It is “one of the all time greatest records”, according to rock hero Paul Weller. But when The Zombies’ psychedelic LP Odessey and Oracle was released in 1968, it virtually sank without trace. The band had imploded by the time of its release, and the album struggled to compete with releases by acts like […]
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Bob Smith says … What a cool band name. Three Dog Night whose name hopefully needs no explanation to most of you, formed in 1967 with the primary lineup being Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. Jimmy Greenspoon, Joe Schermie, Michael Allsup and Floyd Sneed soon rounded out the group and they were set. […]
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Overview: What could this possibly have to do with a music web site? Guest contributor Ray Purchase explains: The Golden Age of Television So this is where the difference between video and film occurred. Video forfeited the magical glamorising effect of film’s 24 frames per second, but in doing so got closer to the (sometimes […]
CASPER HENDERSON: Sand dunes hum and oceans rumble in this infectiously enthusiastic study of sound and hearing “I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!” says the Big Friendly Giant, whose ears are as large as those of an elephant, to the young heroine Sophie in Roald Dahl’s story. “I is hearing the […]
I’m going to review records in my collection, and you’ll be able to decide if they’re worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider “must haves” for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that’s not on CD, nor will I review any record if […]
Interviews by Imogen Tilden. “When English National Opera asked me to conduct Mozart’s Magic Flute in 1988, I said I’d do it with [director] Nick Hytner but nobody else. I’d been involved in many productions of the opera before, and I told Nick and designer Bob Crowley at our first meeting that I always wished […]
Ivan Hewett reviews albums from Herbie Hancock, Jerry Léonide and Arve Henriksen in his round-up of jazz releases in summer 2014 Continues HERE
We are told: UNRELEASED 1976 BILL EVANS TRIO CONCERT on VINYL. On A Monday Evening features eight songs performed in the Madison Union Theater at the University of Wisconsinon Monday, November 15, 1976 and exists thanks to two college-age deejays that recorded and archived the concert. Larry Goldberg and James Farber had interviewed Bill Evans […]
We are told: These live radio broadcasts were recorded at the Ritz in New York City on 2nd February, 1988 and the Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL on 9th April, 1992. The Ritz performance was part of their Appetite for Destruction tour and features the Aerosmith cover Mama Kin. Guns N Roses were on the same […]
From the archives Sinéad O’Connor came in to The Guardian for a webchat and, from her favourite cheeses and insults, to her feelings about the Catholic Church and Van Morrison, she left no topic untouched http://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2014/jul/25/sinead-oconnor-qa-post-your-questions-now
We are told ….. For the first time ever, all of the eras across six decades that make up the incredible career of this truly seminal British act are presented together, along with some previously unavailable material on the DVD. The full tracklisting on both can now be revealed (see below)! The 3CD collection entitled […]
This is the classic Miles session when he was still being fairly tonal and straightforward. He picked up Herbie Hancock from Blue Note and Victor Feldman from Ava Records and unlike his Someday My Prince Will Come album of the same period, this one comes with an excellent essay in the note booklet by Leonard […]
We are told: Limited edition 6CD Box Set featuring influences and six FM broadcasts from 1972, 1974, 1989 and 1995. Whether serving as a session musician, solo artist, or soundtrack composer, Ry Cooder’s chameleon-like fretted instrument virtuosity, songwriting, and choices of material encompass an incredibly eclectic range of North American musical styles, including rock & […]
MARTYNA KIELEK / Senior Music Editor After this tongue-in-cheek title, I would like to invite you to discover an extremely promising young French jazz saxophone player, Léon Phal. He claims to be influenced both by John Coltrane and by the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti, and there is certainly no dearth of variety in his music. […]
Overview: What could this possibly have to do with a music web site? Guest contributor Ray Purchase explains: Early TV The movie frame rate would have been a shoe-in for the earliest television systems except for two reasons. The first was that early television was prone to visible interference stemming from the mains power supply, […]
“Night Surfer” was recorded in Prophet’s beloved San Francisco and in Nashville. Earlier this year, he told WSJ Speakeasy he was working with a familiar team. “It’s much of the same cast of characters from the last album,” said Prophet, a linchpin in the legendary cowpunk group Green on Red. “Brad Jones is producing […]
Hello, I’ve had several piano teachers who’ve taught me how to interpret classical music, learned the scales, a few arpeggios, a few things about chords… and I’m pretty advanced technically. However, I feel like I don’t even know a thing. Can’t improvise, can’t analyze, or understand hardly anything about music or what’s necessary to learn. […]
“Jazz is notorious for being a difficult musical genre to appreciate. Many people believe they’re supposed to like it and that knowing about jazz impresses others. Despite this, most people still find it difficult to follow. Jazz experts say the key to appreciating jazz is to focus on how different musicians play off one another’s […]
In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia to Warner Bros. He immediately started working on an album called ‘Perfect Way’ after a tune by Scritti Politti, later renamed ‘Tutu’ by producer Tommy LiPuma. When ‘Tutu’ was released in 1986, it re-ignited Miles Davis’ career, crossing over into the rock and […]