Recorded and Filmed Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 7th May 2004. Elkie’s recording career began when, as a teenager, she was billed as Manchester’s answer to Brenda Lee. She worked with several big-name jazz bands at that time, such as those led by Eric Delaney and Humphrey Lyttleton, and released a few singles, but […]
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“Jazz Sur le Vif” FM broadcast. High quality recording broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation of a fascinating and breathtaking gig. Miles Davis – trumpet, keyboards Bill Evans – tenor and soprano saxophones, piano, flute Marcus Miller – electric bass Mike Stern – guitar Al Foster – drums Mino Cinelu – percussion Tracks 1. DJ […]
REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERIEWINE (Allmusic.com) All the rules fell by the wayside with Revolver, as the Beatles began exploring new sonic territory, lyrical subjects, and styles of composition. It wasn’t just John Lennon and Paul McCartney, either — George Harrison staked out his own dark territory with the tightly wound, cynical rocker “Taxman”; the […]
THE GUARDIAN / Andrew Clements Faust/Les Siècles/Roth(Harmonia Mundi)Performed on original instruments, the composer’s neoclassical works – particularly his Violin Concerto, brilliantly played by Isabelle Faust, come into sharper focus t was through their recordings of Stravinsky’s early ballets a decade ago that François-Xavier Roth and the period instruments of Les Siècles cemented their international reputation. […]
We are told: 1967 – 2017: VANILLA FUDGE celebrate their 50th anniversary with another musical rock monument – Live At Sweden Rock 2016”! What began in April 1967 in the Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead/ NY, does still possess the same charisma a good 50 years later in the rather quiet Swedish town of […]
We are told: Available on vinyl for the first time ever is the soundtrack to the legendary Sun Ra film, Space Is The Place. Featuring some of Sun Ra’s most adventurous and uncompromising compositions ever, the soundtrack incorporates vocal chants, harsh synthesizer and organ blasts along with film dialogue, heavy percussion and just all around […]
Limited edition 3CD set featuring live FM broadcasts from 1975, 1988 and 1993 Please note, we have been advised by manufacturers that Disc 3 is now a recording from El Mocambo, Toronto, Ont, 1st September 1993,CBC – FM Broadcast and not as originally advertised. With his laid-back rootsy style, J.J. Cale was best known for […]
We are told …. Cleveland, regarded still as one of the United States most influential rock-radio stations, hosted a series of weekly Chat n Music sessions, largely with guests billed as up and coming artists, for a period of almost ten years between the early 1970s and the early80s. Hosted by in-house DJ Matt The […]
Our view: Hardly a week goes by without us playing this at least once! allmusic.com writes: Produced by long-term collaborator Hal Willner, Marianne Faithfull’s 19th studio album, Horses and High Heels, sees the ’60s icon revisit eight classic songs from her heyday on her second consecutive covers-heavy album, following 2009’s Easy Come Easy Go. Its […]
Limited edition 7CD Box Set featuring five FM broadcasts from 1975 – 1985 Gene Clark was born in Tipton, MO, in 1944. Clark’s father was an amateur musician with a passion for country music which rubbed off on young Gene; he began learning the guitar at age nine and was soon picking out Hank Williams […]
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“Pat Metheny’s Unity Band is a wave to his fine album 80/81, which featured the late Michael Brecker and Dewey Redman on saxes. Their roles are merged here on a batch of new Metheny pieces by the versatile Chris Potter, accompanied by regular drummer Antonio Sanchez and gifted bass newcomer Ben Williams. The themes are typical Metheny: sensuous Latin […]
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An unlikely supergroup, Little Village consisted of guitar wizard Ry Cooder, legendary singer-songwriters Nick Lowe and John Hiatt, and renowned drummer Jim Keltner. Their sole album appeared in February 1992, and this superb live set was taped in Boston, Massachussetts two months later, for simulcast on WBCN-FM. Capturing their instrumental virtuosity and songwriting that encompasses […]
This Special Edition 3DVD set brings together three concerts featuring the great Paul Rodgers. Paul Rodgers “Live In Glasgow” was filmed on was filmed on Paul’s solo tour in 2006 and features tracks from across his career. Paul Rodgers & Friends “Live At Montreux1994” was filmed at the famous festival on the tour in support […]
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Soul Time is overseen by long time Northern Soul fan Joe Boy, who has been imaginatively compiling the genre for many years and most recently for Outta Sight. Casino Classics was a club label created in 1978 by DJ Russ Winstanley (founder of the famed Wigan Casino All-Nighter) and Casino manager Mike Walker. It was […]
Our Jazz editor Tony Andrews writes … The ‘experts’ in Jazz have for many years argued about the difference between what is a Jazz Singer and a Lounge Singer. This has caused much controversy as to which performers fit in to which category. One example being Julie London who was said to be strictly lounge […]
Alexis Petridis writes: We tend to think of 1971’s Hunky Dory as the moment David Bowie finally snapped into focus after years of dead ends and false starts. It opens with a song often seen as his mission statement, Changes, with its promise of constant forward motion and undertaking to make pop weird again. It […]
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At the City Winery NYC on November 24 and 25, 2014 Dave and band put on an amazing concert to an audience of new and longtime Kinks fans, music industry stars and legends. They delivered two exhilarating nights of performances that rocked and ripped up the city’s nightlife. This live album captures the live electricity […]
CD1 1. Audrey 2. Jeepers Creepers 3. Pennies From Heaven 4. Why Do I Love You? 5. Stompin’ For Mili 6. Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now 7. A Fine Romance 8. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? CD2 1. Ode To A Cowboy [2011 Remaster] [Version] 2. Summer Song [2011 Remaster] [Version] 3. Yonder For […]