This interview was originally published at One Final Note in October 2002. When one reflects on the innovators who were fundamental in propelling the second wave of the new music movement in the 1960s, Bill Dixon’s name always appears near the top of the list. His accomplishments as a musician and educator are vast, a […]
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A Lavish 4 Cd Boxed Set Celebrating The Solo Rock And Classical Work Of Genesis Founder & Keyboardist Tony Banks 48 Tracks Selected By Tony Banks Includes Four Previously Unreleased Recordings Features A 60 Page Book With Exclusive Interview With Tony Banks The first ever boxed set celebrating the solo work of Genesis founding […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Super Jam, Doraville, Atlanta 30th August 1978 After one of rock and roll’s most notorious tragedies, four surviving members of southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd honoured an invitation from friends and DIR-FM to perform at the debut Super Jam in Doraville GA. Participating guests would include members of the Charlie Daniels Band, Allman […]
Two-Time Grammy-Nominated No Secrets Contains Legendary Double-Edged Anthem “You’re So Vain,” Ranked Among 100 Greatest Songs of All Time Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: SACD Reveals Elegant Vocal Details and Disarming Simplicity of Pop/Rock Arrangements Like Never Before Confident, Autobiographically Frank 1972 Record Features Top-Notch Guests James Taylor, Paul and Linda McCartney, Mick Jagger, […]
Celtic-soul giant talks overlooked songs, Them’s early years, William Blake’s influence and more Continues HERE
The man was a brilliant musician. No doubt about that. But not necessarily a fine writer nor indeed a stern critic of his own work. Had this CD not had the great man’s name on it I seriously doubt if anyone would have given it a second glance. A bit like Paul McCartney in […]
Previously published here. Original manuscript of iconic song expected to fetch up to $1.5m at auction in New York and includes lost ending, describing how “the music was reborn” Please click HERE to read more
“They don’t treat you like a patient, they treat you like a person” Mike, Alan’s son. Alan had locked-in syndrome. There is something very different about the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability. We don’t just treat people with profound disabilities, we care for them as individuals, creating care plans that resonate with them on a personal […]
Part one of this collection features The Experience’s October 9, 1967 performances at Paris’ famed L’Olympia Theatre. These raw, direct to two-track live recordings made for French radio document The Experience’s triumphant return to Paris almost one year to the date of their 1966 showcase as a support act for Johnny Hallyday. This return engagement […]
The Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz, particularly lauded for his Chopin interpretations, now turns to Bach, a composer with whom he has enjoyed a long association, having studied organ as well as piano in his younger days. It’s a strikingly personal programme and he launches it with an account of the Italian Concerto that exudes […]
Two articles from the July 2013 issue of Psychology of Music: Exploring a rationale for choosing to listen to sad music when feeling sad Enhancing genre-based measures of music preference by user-defined liking and social tags Continue reading HERE
Randy Thom wrote in 1999: The biggest myth about composing and sound designing is that they are about creating great sounds. Not true, or at least not true enough. What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately what Ben Burtt and Walter Murch, […]
As an eventful year comes to a close, the Dead pull out all the stops in this revelatory hometown performance. Out of the block with an incendiary “Dancin'” there is no let up as Jerry shines during “Tennessee Jed” and “Loser” and Pigpen’s tight and surging renditions of “Chinatown Shuffle” and “Same Thing”. Disc 1: […]
Bob Stanley writes: The Stone Roses played their legendary show at Spike Island 25 years ago today – but the reality of the gig was distinctly underwhelming. Please click HERE to continue
From our archives: Andrew Wood (The Telegraph) writes: Rock and roll died at some indeterminate point during the Noughties. No one saw the body or heard a shot, but it had been in bad health for quite some time. Once the talk centred around the medium and not the material, and the moneymaking suits moved […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMG6XCp8QOU A few comments from viewers … Oh my God! This beautifully! Divine sérénissime Tenía quince años la primera vez que escuche el concierto me sigue emocionando y asombrando la belleza de esta melodía tan sencilla y tan bien puesta
… I like to work with these more open forms in order to bring out the best in my own playing as well as that of my collaborators, freeing up our abilities to improvise in diverse ways and for the music to exist in the moment. The music might encompass Asian, African, Western Classical, Jazz or other aesthetics as Tracy and Gyan have the ability and awareness to […]
Featuring friends such as: Ray Brown, Sam Jones bass Bob Durham, Ed Thigpen, Louis Hayes drums. The purchase of the legendary German label MPS Edel strengthens its jazz catalogue. For the first time the entire JazzPortfolio of MPS will be digitalized and simultaneously made available on a wide range of selected CD and Vinyl releases. Following the claim […]
Beverley Knight tells the story of the fall and the rise and the fall of the legendary Memphis soul label. In December 1967 the legendary soul singer Otis Redding was killed in a plane accident, depriving the musical world of one of its great singers, and costing his record label, Stax, their leading light, both […]