Music Room
A few years ago my mate told me how he had embarked on a mission to play his entire record collection through from one end to the other and had re-discovered some old gems he had completely forgotten about. Now, my time's too precious to me to embark...
Did anyone hear The Proclaimers on Chris Moyles Radio 1 breakfast show a couple of days ago? They played 2 tunes live. I thought they sounded great. They can certainly sing Graham.
I saw plenty of them on sale today along with 12inch ones in HMV in Belfast.Including the new one from LCD Soundsystem.
There’s loads of mix and compilation CD’s around at the moment. Most of them are rubbish. I often find that I have a particular piece of dance music on 12 inch single but I want it on a CD so I get a mix CD with it on, and they’ve...
I'll havre to own up that I've been playing his stuff on my ipod the past couple of days, and he is really really good. Okay, he's not original, but who cares when he can knock out good ole electric blues guitar like this. I take it all back. I'm...
quote:The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)quote:After...
LemonJelly '64 Aka Go has just come on the iPod and it's William Shattner's birthday today, spooky.Jono
Polly Harvey will perform as part of the Manchester International Festival which runs from June 29th â?" July 15th. Currently the only UK date confirmed; Polly will take a break from recording to perform an intimate solo set at the Bridgewater...
One of the best, if not the best, jazz recordings of a quartet featuring trumpet has just been reissued on Gambit. It is called "Art" by Art Farmer, recorded in 1960 and originaly released on an Argo LP, which I bought when it was released. The CD...
If so, then there's a fair chance you might like this...In 1971 they decommissioned Iceland's first IBM 1401 mainframe computer, but before they did so Johann Gunnarsson, the chief engineer on the site and also a musician, decided to do some...
HiIs this band still going and if so whats there latest releaseregards
A quick heads up for forum members:Del Bromham's Stray will be playing at The Greenwood, Northolt (NW London) on Fri 23rd March.One of the great guitar bands of the 70's, Stray's 8 album back catalogue has just been re-issued by Sanctuary. Del will...
I've bought a significant number of CDs over the last year or so that are basically too badly recorded to listen to on my Hi-Fi (too harsh, bright or strangely dynamically compressed). I understand the current move towards recording/remastering at...
Friday 9th March 2007, 21:00 to 22:00Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic archive performances from The Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and many more.
Dear Friends, Does anyone know where Japanese EMI Toshiba CDs may be bought in UK? On-line, anywhere in the world, will do now that I finally have a debit card. I want old Helmut Walcha's EMI integral [13 CDs] of the Bach Harpsichord music, which is only issued in Japan, except for five discs from Pathe Marconi [EMI France] containing the Well temperered Clvier and Goldbergs. The trouble is that the French discs are cheap and the Japanese ones are issued at premium price in one big album!
[Here's a link to volume 1] It’s been just over a year since Volume 1. Harmonia Mundi has followed up Paul Lewis’ good though hardly ground-breaking cycle opener with a new three-disc set filled with ten sonatas from all three of Beethoven’s compositional periods. It was only right and proper that I should listen to it. I’ll just jump right in: The set opens with one of the most disappointing recordings of the Pathetique I’ve heard. The chord that opens the...
The new album 'neon bible' is even better than the first IMO.If you liked Funeral get this.
Screamers: Storyville (Documentary)Thursday 29th March 2007, 22:30 to 00:00 Documentary about American rock band System of a Down's mission to tell the world about the 1915 Armenian genocide by the Turks, and the personal journey of lead singer Serj...
Well, I couldn't resist in the Jazz section at Fopp - having recently met our own Polar Bear - when I found the album "Held on the tips of fingers" by Polar Bear (albeit not the same Polar Bear). And you know what? It's excellent! Experimental but...
Late last year I noticed a little blurb of an ad for a new recording of the complete piano music of Karol Szymanowski played by one Sinae Lee on the Divine Art label. I’d never seen reference to either, or at least I didn’t remember seeing...
Has anyone listened to this instrumental cd? A friend claims it is great and sounds excellent. trouble is he listens with a $500 stereo that sounds tinny.
There has been rumours for a long time re a Neil Young 8 disc and 2 dvd archive release. Well it may be finally here.Have a look at the link below and watch the brilliant trailer.http://www.repriserecords.com/neilarchives/
Did anyone see the Bryan Ferry Live in the Studio show last night doing Dylan covers? Never been a great fan of Bryans but thought he was excellent. I then turned the channel over only to find him playing with a smaller band on another show and again...
I’ve been listening to a lot of twenties and thirties country music recordings on the Yazoo and Rounder record labels recently. It’s wonderful – fast, passionate and wildly exciting. Absolutely nothing like the mindless pap that...
repeated BBC4 this Friday at 10:30.I missed it the first time, I'm told it's very good.SJB