MUSIC : EVERY POST
Found 4171 results
They tell us ….. This box set will include all four solo albums Lloyd released on the Polydor and Fontana labels between 1988 and 1996 (Lloyd Cole, Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe, Bad Vibes, Love Story) and an unreleased album fifth album, Smile If You Want To. The sixth and final CD is called […]
Out of my thousands of vinyl pressings the thought struck me that it might be interest, for me and perhaps for some of you to try and list my favourite 100. A big task, but not an unpleasant one. But for sanity’s sake I have to set a few limits. First, an era restriction. So, […]
In honour of groundbreaking American composer Terry Riley’s 80th birthday, Nonesuch Records releases “One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley” – a five-disc box set of four albums of his work composed for, and performed by, his longtime friends and champions Kronos Quartet. Riley and Kronos met more than 35 years ago, […]
Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced I suppose that, being adept in so many other fields – poetry, painting, songwriting, jazz – it’s understandable that Joni Mitchell might want to explore ballet, too; although this themed 4CD collection poses more questions than it answers. Rather than the […]
Out of my thousands of vinyl pressings the thought struck me that it might be interest, for me and perhaps for some of you to try and list my favourite 100. A big task, but not an unpleasant one. But for sanity’s sake I have to set a few limits. First, an era restriction. So, […]
Out of my thousands of vinyl pressings the thought struck me that it might be interest, for me and perhaps for some of you to try and list my favourite 100. A big task, but not an unpleasant one. But for sanity’s sake I have to set a few limits. First, an era restriction. So, […]
John Fordham writes: Sicilian Defense is a chess strategy, and this music certainly has a rigorous logic. But trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, who lent his classically schooled skills to the bands of saxists Steve Coleman and Steve Lehman and postponed leading his own until now, straddles the mathematical and the colloquial so well on this […]
We are told: “I always find it odd that people call us post-punk. I know that punk and New Wave started at the same time because I was there.” (Ganesh Seshadri aka Bid, singer, guitarist and main songwriter)Emerging at the end of punk era, The Monochrome Set’s estrangement from society came from a more arty […]
Middle-aged men are snapping up classic albums by Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac for their music collections, leaving hipsters out in the cold Like so many things in the music/hifi world we invite you to take what you like HERE and …. leave the rest
Tony Besgrove writes: How on earth can someone play like that? – just count the notes. Technique is out of this world, though the end result lacks a wee bit in the emotional stakes.
“Contributions of Jewish Women to Music – and of Women to Jewish Music””The very first webpages dedicated solely to Jewish women’s contributions in music.” You can find out more HERE
“Bob Harris is describing his idea of hell. Presenters on commercial radio, he says, tell him stories “of being instructed to give a station ident [its slogan] coming out of the record they’re playing, to spend no more than six seconds of music-free speech-time before they go into the next track, another station ident… And […]
Dip in and out HERE
61 UNRELEASED LIVE TRACKS FROM 1970- 2004. feature performances recorded at various venues worldwide across four decades. It also includes five recently-discovered live tracks that have never before been released. Released by RockBeat Records, the set has been produced by David Skye, with the involvement of Lee’s widow, Diane Lee. The cover artwork designed by […]
We are – as always – indebted to our friend Tony Besgrove for this terrific recommendation. He writes – “Great guitar intro and band mix – feedback just in time..”
Jill Suttie writes: New studies are suggesting that music can be more powerful than medication. Please click HERE to continue
Electrostats are great speakers but unforgiving at the same time. Any little misstep in recordings can sound awful on these razor sharp speakers. The good news is when they’re playing well-recorded music they are hard to beat. But badly recorded music, even a little bad… Watch Now Paul McGowan
But sadly, I wasn’t up to it. I certainly agree with the sentiment though. “Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.” Niccolo Machiavelli MORE
How does a person’s intelligence relate to the type of music they listen to? For the last several years, a software application writer by the name of Virgil Griffith has charted musical tastes based on the average SAT scores of various college institutions. For example, students attending the California Institute of Technology have an average SAT score […]
Tom Barnes writes: Steve Jobs, the man who invented the iPod and ignited the digital music revolution, never listened to MP3s. Instead, he only listened to vinyl. He felt there was something vacuous about listening to music in a digital form and was surprised at the success of his own product — that so many […]