Singer Carmen Lundy has returned to the scene with an album that can easily be categorized as one of her best yet. With music that is both consistent and a pleasure to listen to, this nine-track collection is entitled ‘Changes’ and features eight original compositions. It is a CD that will charm you, encourage you […]
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Music therapy aims to facilitate positive changes in behaviour and emotional well-being and is essentially a social activity involving communication, listening and sharing. Everyone has the ability to respond to music and sound so a variety of approaches are used. Fundamental to all is the development of a therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist. Each usually play an […]
The Beatles played five residencies in Hamburg between 1960 and 1962, the last of which is captured here in December of 1962, just a few months after Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best and finalized the lineup that would soon be known as The Fab Four. The group would soon be signed to Parlophone and the […]
Music as Therapy International is a UK registered charity with twenty years’ experience of devising and delivering innovative, high-impact music therapy projects around the world. We believe passionately in the power of music to make the most of people’s potential, overcoming obstacles such as disability, trauma and mental illness. Our aim is to make the […]
Editor’s note: So, two in a row. Earlier today we welcomed one of Howard’s pals – Tony Besgrove as a guest contributor and today another of H’s pals, John Mayberry arrives. I ask myself – is there anyone in this industry Howard doesn’t know in some way or another? I guess not. Anyway, possibly Howard […]
Original 1962 album from this Greenwhich Village folk singer with assistance from Bob Dylan I’ll Fly Away When Jesus Lived In Galilee Los Bibilicos Yarrow Dink’s Song Swing And Turn Jubilee Once I Had A Sweetheart Come Back , Baby Dear Companion Galway Shawl Pobre De Mi Virgin Mary
We are told ….. 2016 was a major turning point for STRAWBS. Prestigious ROLLING STONE magazine listed the band’s ‘Hero and Heroine’ as “one of the 50 greatest prog rock albums of all time”. STRAWBS headlined RoSFest (The Rites of Spring Festival) – North America’s Premier International Progressive Rock Festival – in Gettysburg, the […]
They tell us….. The Unique Thelonious Monk, recorded in 1956, is the pianist’s second LP of standards. Though the recording was his label’s attempt at reaching a larger audience, this is in no way watered down; Monk takes his unique interpretive approach to tracks from the likes of the Gershwins, and Rodgers & Hart. […]
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We are told Analogue Wave is an Irish-based electronic duo, mixing dub and electronica with breakbeats, vocals and synths. After a three-year hiatus, the band have returned to the underground scene with a brand new single ‘Hope’. This is a sonic call to arms in a world spinning wildly out of control, both politically and […]
Robin Denselow writes: The singer learned to love music while listening to his dad’s Lead Belly records. On the eve of an Albert Hall gig celebrating the blues genius, he talks about his musical childhood in Belfast and early ambition to be … a vet Please click HERE to continue
We are told: When Santana took the stage at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair on August 16, 1969, they were unknown outside of the thriving Bay Area music scene. By the time they triumphantly walked off the stage, they were one of the festival’s biggest surprises. Santana delivered a career-making performance melding Latin rock […]
THOM H writes … Well, there actually three I can think of off the top of me ‘ead: Their Satanic Majesties Request ( 1967) – I really enjoyed this album when it came out and it is still, to me and enjoyable listen. I think that Stones fans were very much used to them recording […]
We are told ….. When Aerosmith rocked out of Boston in 1973 with their eponymous self-titled debut album, a new force in rock had emerged. Their captivating and energized take on glam rock, mixed with funk sensibilities and bad boy attitude would earn them global acclaim through Get Your Wings and Toys In The Attic. […]
We are told ….. 4CD 24-page hardback book Comprising Bert’s seminal 1960s output (alongside his only album as a duet with Pentangle bandmate John Renbourn) this four disc set covers an era that forged creative paths for everyone from Neil Young to Johnny Marr. New listening notes from Bill Leader, as well as unseen photographs […]
ROBIN M writes … This is going to get me in a lot of trouble with Queen fans. I find them a little disturbing myself. I’m not into PC culture because it has gone too far and is now more harmful than helpful to society IMO—even for those it is supposed to protect— so I’m […]
JD WRITES …. There was a period of time when Rod Stewart was a phenomenal rock singer. His work with Jeff Beck and The Faces was hard to beat. His solo work, of course, is classic. I’d put Maggie May near the top of the list of Great Male Rock Vocals. Then, it seemed (at […]
RJH writes … Ringo was/is a very good drummer. Solid with the timing of a metronome and very, very innovative. As a session drummer and a band drummer, I’ve been given songs with the music and told, “RJ, put drums to this music piece, It’s for a motorcycle commercial,” or “guys, we need some music […]
KK WRITES … All the Qween members were more like a band of freinds or brothers than just colleagues, especially in the early days when it was sharing rooms, sharing limited resources and even sharing clothes. They all showed consideration and affection towards each other. Freddie seemed to relish the big brother role especially to […]
Robert Plant & the Band of Joy: Live from the Artists Den on BluRay and DVD for 9th July 2012. This epic show was filmed as a rare, intimate performance at the historic War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Selections from the show aired nationwide on public television’s Live from the Artists Den, the hit […]
First published July 2015 The former Beatle has revealed his frustration that people think Lennon ‘was the Beatles’ Continues HERE
By the end of 1978, Linda Ronstadt had solidified her role as one of rock and pop’s most successful solo female acts, and owing to her consistent platinum album success, and her ability as the first-ever woman to sell out concerts in arenas and stadiums hosting tens of thousands of fans, Ronstadt became the highest […]
It was a warm sunny morning, as I drove through the rolling oak covered hills of Marin County. I had just left the town of Navato California and was heading towards David’s place, when the tape I was listening to went into “Pride Of Man”. It was then that I really got exited about the […]
JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, five incredible unreleased shows and the first official release from the long-lost “Betty Boards,” recently returned to the Grateful Dead’s vault. Follow the Dead on a sonic journey through a superb selection of settings, an often epic adventure that finds them winning over Willie and Waylon fans in Kansas City, […]