“In the early years of her career, it was extremely difficult for women to progress in the BBC, but Maddalena Fagandini became a brilliant mentor and trainer of younger programme makers. She had a wonderful ability to make people feel valued, as I found when working with her on The Devil’s Music for BBC1 in […]
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From the archives – several years ago Paul Rishell & Annie Raines were interviewed by Y6 pupils* at Russell Hall Primary School, West Yorkshire following their workshop at the school and prior to their appearance in Keighley. * Thanks to Laura, Daniel, Natasha, Emily, Holly, Scott, Lauren & Lucy. Who or what encouraged you to start playing music? Annie – […]
Excellent value, budget-priced new collection of x20 (various artists) CD’s in a cardboard lift-off lid box Sometime after the Great War of 1914-1918 the American music business really started to get going. Much of what was recorded is now forgotten, whilst the most historically important work was being done away from the mainstream with pioneering […]
“Beaver and Krause were light years ahead of everyone else when it came to the new age era and beyond..” MORE
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“…Wolf migrated to the Windy City and thereafter recorded directly for Leonard and Phil Chess. Within another year, Willie Dixon was brought in as studio bassist and contributing songwriter. The result of these musical interactions was Wolf creating a litany of masterworks throughout his first decade of recording, a stellar songbook that ranged from his […]
LIVE IN-HOUSE RECORDING FROM CLOVER STUDIOS 1976. In 1976, Bonnie Raitt made an appearance on Warren Zevon’s eponymous album alongside Jackson Browne, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. She also performed the set included on this CD at the The Clover Studios in Hollywood on 29th February before a tiny invited audience. And while the recording […]
by Reverend Keith A. Gordon Updated March 08, 2017 As rich in talent as the early blues era was, artists like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Son House set the stage for bluesmen in the 1940s and ’50s to succeed commercially, thus bringing the blues to a mass audience. It’s tough narrowing any list of […]
“The legendary Doc Pomus was one of the most important songwriters of the early sixties and in the history of American popular music. For the first time ever we have compiled a mesmerising 56 track 2CD set coupling his early recordings as a blues singer with his hits as a songwriter. Includes such great acts […]
Wedaeli writes: “Billie Holiday is our hero” Val Wiseman announced from the Playhouse stage. She’s not overstating. Wiseman and her six-piece band have been touring for nearly two decades, all the while performing their take on Billie Holiday’s repertoire. You’d be mistaken for thinking that this Saturday night’s gig was among their first shows. In […]
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers / Greatest Hits Joan Baez / Songbird Howlin’ Wolf / Blues From Hell The Count Bishops / Speedball Bach / Cantata #29 BWV 29 “Wir Danken Dir, Gott”
MEMPHIS, June 2 ― It was once the cradle of blues and rock for America and synonymous with the magic of B.B. King. But Memphis is not the musical beacon it used to be. With the death of the legendary blues guitarist King last month, the city has lost of one its last favourite sons. […]
King of the electric slide guitar and one of the most influential blues guitarists/vocalists of all time, Elmore had his first hit in 1951, with “Dust My Broom”, the opening riff of which is perhaps the single most recognizable in the history of blues. Featuring some early sides with Ike Turner on piano, and “classic” […]
Inspired by the Oscar-nominated TV documentary, Alan Light’s biography draws on Nina Simone’s early diaries, rare interviews, childhood journals and input from her daughter Lisa Simone Kelly to paint a picture of the classically-trained pianist who became a soul legend, a leading civil rights activist and one of the most influential artists of our time. […]
The classic Allmans Woodstock 2 appearance in its entirety In August 1969 at the time of the original Woodstock Festival in upstate New York, the Allman Brothers were barely out of nappies. They had however travelled to New York from their hometown of Macon, Georgia. ABB were in town to record their eponymous debut album, […]
Kicked out of his family home at the age of 14, Steve became a genuine hobo, hopping freights all over America. Always travelling with his guitar – having been taught a few chords as a kid by Delta bluesman KC Douglas, an old pal of the legendary Tommy Johnson – in the ’60s he began to play at […]
The Jeff Healey Band was known for their high-energy live performances. This special edition package features three very unique concerts (their appearance at the 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival, in support of their debut album ‘See The Light’, a 1991 performance at Switzerland’s St. Gallen Open Air Festival and a 1995 concert in their home town […]
They tell us ….. Iconic musician and Blues Hall of Fame member John Mayall releases his latest CD, Talk About That. Joining Mayall (vocals, keyboards, harmonica and guitar) and Greg Rzab (bass), Jay Davenport (drums) and Rocky Athas (guitar) as special guest is legendary guitarist Joe Walsh, who plays on two tracks, “The Devil Must […]
Oh yes indeed. This is great great stuff. It’s my first Mississippi John Hurt CD – and I love it. A fine retailer incidentally. He’s not that big on Blues. Very big on Classical and Jazz though. Anyway, always worth a trip. And no, he isn’t paying me for the plug. Not sure they even […]
SOURCED FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES. RESTORED CONCERT PERFORMANCE on REGION FREE NTSC DVD:(Audio selection of Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound). REMASTERED STEREO SOUNDTRACK CD. 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH AUTHORITATIVE LINER NOTES AND QUOTES FROM DEREK HOLT. The 1970s saw the Climax Blues Band from Stafford accelerate from a highly rated club act to US Top 40 […]
Van Morrison talks to Don Was, now president of Blue Note records, about his new album, Born to Sing: No Plan B. It is an album that draws on Van’s early blues influences and the pair also discuss how the sounds of the modern world have changed the way we listen to music MORE
In the past, they were the Queens, strong women who took an unconventional path. They were the Blues Women, and they changed the face of music. To understand their history is to understand not only a great deal about black history but about the history of the country as a whole. Today, blues women still […]
Jan Persson’s photograph of the bluesman performing on stage with Lucille, his Gibson guitar, in 1969.