Music Room
From the BFL website & put to some footage of Natasha's time out in the California desert ... RealPlayer Quicktime Record due for release 6th April.
Last night, my wife and I took a trip back to the 1940s. We put on Roy Eldridge's "After You've Gone".It's a "raw" style of music and playing, with one foot planted firmly in the past and the other looking to the future. The intonation is a sometime...
Last night, my wife and I listened to Stan Getz' "Focus". It is a series of impressions performed by a small string ensemble, a drummer and Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, recorded in a somewhat harsh "gee whiz, it's stereo!" popular in the 50s and...
Slick. Very,very slick as you have come to expect.It was almost a "popular favourites" show with a couple of major re-workings included, I will not go into the set-list as it will spoil the surprises for those yet to see them but it was worth every...
I am very very very pleased to announce......Empirical, the best new young brit jazz act around, have signed to Naim Jazz for their forthcoming album 'Out 'n' In'! Recording at Pinewood StudiosFull story here:...
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This is good. Never listened to Dave Mattheus before. Good jazzy rock targeted at people older than 12.Regards...
And anyone else who enjoys a peculiarly English sense of musical humour! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRrdbkyV8w&NR=1 HMHB, of course! ATB from George
What a beautiful album - listening on my lp12, absolutely stunning.Does anyone know if Another cup is available on vinyl?Regards
http://www.americansongwriter....est-nuggets-box-set/I'll have to buy it for Disc 4 track 14, never available on CD and brilliant.
From an email recieved today ...To mark the 10th anniversary of the Icelandic release of their breakthrough album 'Agaetis Byrjun', Sigur Ros have made available two exclusive live performances from the original launch party concert at the Icelandic...
I'm gobsmacked http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8119993.stmDean...
William FitzsimmonsIt's Not True'Digital Single (uk only)OUT NOW FROM NAIMLABEL.COM, iTUNES + AMAZON DIGITALAvailable in 320kbps MP3, 16bit FLAC and 16bit WAV HERE
my wife is re-doing the house, and as a consequence, i will have no music for a week. i can't listen to music not naim, so i have no recourse.what a crappy week :-(
Sky Saxon, vocalist and bass player for legendary band, Seeds, passed away yesterday in Austin Texas.
One of the finest musicians ever,i am suprised that he is not mentined more here,saw him live at Crewe Railwaymans club in the early seventies,he was supported by Ted Chastie one of the best gigs i have ever been to.Dan
We went to see Jeff Wayne's the War Of The Worlds at the O2 Arena yesterday. If you're a fan of the piece, you simply MUST go see the show. I was a little concerned that they might have mucked around with it a bit and generally ruined it, but overall...
Well the mud plugger left has left for Glasto again. It would seem it's going to be a hi-factor and raincoat time.Any one you would be willing to wade about for?
Gorgeous summer grooves while cooking the tea, it's good to be alive Just thought - what are the essential summer grooves? This seems to fit the weather beautifully.................. regardsDiccus
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...un25,0,4538248.story
I share mine with these two. June 18th. Dean...
Often times I will check out an artist simply because of who has produced and/or engineered the release. These producers/engineers, just like an artist, can build a resume of quality that is often a path to new artist discoveries. (note, Wikipedia is...
For anyone who is interested in or wants to learn more about the growing world of digital audio, our mates at Sennheiser have published this interesting peice on their blogs page:http://www.theaudiofiles.net/?p=554Some other interesting stories too...
I've only recently bought this. I played it last night for the first time, good music but dreadful quality mastering. It sounded so bad I even tried one of my reference CDs to make sure my system wasn't playing up - it wasn't.I tried KoR on my iPod...
I'm not sure I agree with the idea of hero's (everybody being equal and all that), but some folk in music do seem inspirational folk (even if they have their weaknesses).On another thread, I mentioned seeing Joe Strummer busking in Leeds with Paul S...