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KING CREOSOTE-ASTRONAUT MEETS APPLEMAN.
KING CREOSOTE-ASTRONAUT MEETS APPLEMAN. Since 1995, Kenny Anderson has been a one man music making machine. He has released over forty albums under a number of aliases, including the Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra, Khartoum Heroes, Kwaing Creasite and Jokes. That however, is just part of the Kenny Anderson story. Kenny Anderson is also a member of …
PASCAL PINON-SUNDUR.
PASCAL PINON-SUNDUR. It used to be that fourteen year olds dreamt about forming a band, and releasing an album. This they hoped, was the start of a career in music, and the road to fame and fortune. They dreamt of touring the world and releasing a string of critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums. Alas, …
DEEP PURPLE-THE JOURNEY TO ROCK TITANS.
DEEP PURPLE-THE JOURNEY TO ROCK TITANS. Little did record buyers realise it,that the seventies was the golden era for rock music. That was when rock music came of age. So did true titans of rocks, like Led Zed Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. As the seventies dawned, they become three of biggest bands in the world. For the …
THIRTY YEARS OF THE TRASHCAN SINATRAS.
THIRTY YEARS OF THE TRASHCAN SINATRAS. Nowadays, very few bands get to celebrate their tenth anniversary, never mind their twentieth or thirtieth. Especially bands formed in the eighties. Many were short-lived affairs, who released a couple of albums, before calling it a day. Some crashed and burned amidst rancour and anger. Often, money was at the …
CLASSICAL GASSERS-POP GEMS INSPIRED BY THE GREAT COMPOSERS.
CLASSICAL GASSERS-POP GEMS INSPIRED BY THE GREAT COMPOSERS. Ever since the birth of rock ’n’ roll, songwriters have drawn inspiration from many sources. This includes everything from politics and poetry, to tragedy and triumph, even hurt, heartbreak and hope to controversy and current affairs, through to culture and classical composers. They’ve all provided food for …
SPACE ECHO-THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE COSMIC SOUND OF CABO VERDE FINALLY REVEALED!
SPACE ECHO-THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE COSMIC SOUND OF CABO VERDE FINALLY REVEALED! In the spring of 1968, dockers in Baltimore, loaded cargo onto a ship bound for Rio De Janeiro, in Brazil. For the dockers, it was just another day at the “office.” This was what they did, day in, day out. No longer did …
VENEZUELA 70-COSMIC VISIONS OF A LATIN AMERICAN EARTH-VENEZUELAN EXPERIMENTAL ROCK IN THE 70S.
VENEZUELA 70-COSMIC VISIONS OF A LATIN AMERICAN EARTH-VENEZUELAN EXPERIMENTAL ROCK IN THE 70S. Over the last twenty years, the compilation market has been totally transformed. Nowadays, the compilation market is bigger, with many more labels regularly releasing compilations. A turning point was the mid to late nineties, when many small, independent labels began to release …
KON AND THE GANG-KON AND THE GANG
KON AND THE GANG-KON AND THE GANG It’s hard to believe that twenty years have passed since BBE released their very first release, Stop and Listen Volume 1 on the 4th of November 1996. It was compiled by Dr. Bob Jones and was a journey through disparate musical genres. Everything from soul, jazz and funk …
JUDY COLLINS-IN MY LIFE, WILDFLOWERS AND WHALES AND NIGHTINGALES.
JUDY COLLINS-IN MY LIFE, WILDFLOWERS AND WHALES AND NIGHTINGALES. Judy Collins was never meant to become a folk singer. Originally, she had studied classical music and made her public debut when she was just thirteen. That night in Denver, Judy Collins played Mozart’s Concerto For Two Pianos. All Antonia Brico’s tuition and encouragement had been …
TONY BANK-LIFE AFTER GENESIS.
TONY BANK-LIFE AFTER GENESIS. All too often, Tony Banks has been referred to as “the keyboard player from Genesis.” This is doing the sixty-seven year old a huge disservice. Tony Banks is a multi-instrumentalist, whose just as comfortable playing guitar as his playing piano, Hammond organ, synths or Mellotron. Seamlessly, Tony Banks could switch between …
EMERSON. LAKE AND PALMER-THE EARLY YEARS 1970-1973.
EMERSON. LAKE AND PALMER-THE EARLY YEARS 1970-1973. The Emerson, Lake and Palmer story began back in in 1970. That was when Keith Emerson and Greg Lake first met at the Filimore West, in San Francisco. Both of them were at a musical crossroads. Keith was a member of The Nice, while Greg Lake was a member …
SON-OF-A-GUN AND MORE FROM THE LEE HAZLEWOOD SONGBOOK.
SON-OF-A-GUN AND MORE FROM THE LEE HAZLEWOOD SONGBOOK. On August the 4th 2007, Lee Hazlewood passed away aged seventy-eight. That day, music lost one its most talented sons. During a career that had spanned six decades, Lee Hazlewood had worked as a singer, songwriter, musician, arranger and producer. Somehow, though, Lee Hazlewood found time to found …
DAN WHITEHOUSE-THAT’S WHERE I BELONG.
DAN WHITEHOUSE-THAT’S WHERE I BELONG. Earlier this year, Reveal Records revealed their latest singing, Dan Whitehouse. To celebrate the signing of the talented, Birmingham based singer-songwriter, Reveal Records released Introducing on 22nd April 2016. Introducing featured eight tracks, which were a mixture of Dan Whitehouse compositions and cover versions. This was a tantalising taste of …
ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS-EVERY ONE OF US.
ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS-EVERY ONE OF US. A lot can happen to a band in just four years. In August 1968, Eric Burdon and The Animals were proof of this. They were preparing to release their fouth American album, Every One Of Us, which was recently released by BGO Records. However, a lot had happened since …
COME BACK STRONG-HOT ATLANTA SOUL 4.
COME BACK STRONG-HOT ATLANTA SOUL 4. Everyone who founds a record company, has their own reason for doing so. Often, they own a recording studio or manage artists and bands. Founding their own record label is a natural progression for them. That was also the case with three giants of music. During the golden age …
THE DAMNED-THE BLACK ALBUM.
THE DAMNED-THE BLACK ALBUM. By 1980, change was afoot for The Damned. This wasn’t new. The last four years had been turbulent for The Damned. Their lineup had been fluid since The Damned were formed in 1976. Members came and went, and after the release of their most disappointing album, Music For Pleasure Rat Scabies …
IAN GILLAN-THE GILLAN BAND AND GILLAN YEARS.
IAN GILLAN-THE GILLAN BAND AND GILLAN YEARS. From the late sixties, right through to the seventies, fusion was one of the most popular musical genres. Fusion was popular on both sides of the Atlantic. However, by the late seventies record buyers were tiring of the fusion of jazz and rock. So were some musicians. This included …
WEATHER REPORT-THE COLUMBIA YEARS 1971-1975.
WEATHER REPORT-THE COLUMBIA YEARS 1971-1975. By the late-sixties, jazz was no longer as popular as it had once been. Jazz’s popularity had plummeted over the last few years. Many jazz clubs were closing, or being converted into venues that put on rock bands. Sales of jazz were down. Critics and cultural commentators were drawing comparisons with blues music. Although there had …
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