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For Dozey:-   As some of us have " transgressed " and fallen foul of the "RULES" by posting future events in the review thread, I have started this new "Upcoming Events"  thread.  I couldn't find the old thread and suspect it...

I don't have the dulcet tones and knowledge of sloopy John to whom this thread was spawn. it all seems so 1979 (?). any one listening to anything worth listening that was recorded earlier today ?

Neil Brand's excellent three part series is being repeated (back to back) on BBC4 TV on Friday 31st.   Details here .   John.

Pete, who has supplied me with good second hand vinyl over the years had to pack up shop when the market in Watford was closed. The new outdoor market wasn't suitable for him but he has found some lovely premises around the corner in Market Street...

And if you care to tell, why?   For me it's easy. George Harrison's 2001 CD remaster of his 1970 triple LP "All Things Must Pass". His last dedicated project before his death, Harrison's mix minimized the effects of Phil Spector's echo/reverb...

Anybody going to Bielby Music Festival, "Possibly the smallest festival in the world", at the end of August?   It is not the Led Zep tribute band that attracts me but Harry Collins billed as:   "Pig farmer by day, singer by night "!...

Hi Many thanks to the forum members posts regarding Miles Davis material. I have never owned any so used your suggestions and previewed the songs on-line. Absolutely wonderful music and I really like him. So, i have started with:   Kind Of Blue...

My Analogue Productions vinyl copy arrived in the post this morning. I ordered it from Roger Waters' website. Nicely packaged and pressed. Initial impressions from a short listen are that the SQ is excellent with good reproduction of the original Qsound creating a wide soundstage. At £30 this has turned out to be a bit of a bargain.

The Flashbulb is Benn Jordan, formerly of Chicago now based in Georgia, and is one of my favourite artists that so few people seem to know about. Once I got into him he just became totally addictive. Benn started out as a techno/drill n’ bass composer and to be honest I find his early works too hard to take, but from around 2005 (though not entirely consistently) his music took on a very different slant –yes there are breakbeats in there, and yes they can (very) occasionally be violent, but...

So, suddenly Kirill Petrenko is chosen as their next music director.  Apparently he is big in Germany but I've never heard him.  Has anyone been to any of his performances and just how good is he?  An inspired choice, or are the BPO...

Does anyone know if downloads bought through the Pono website can be stored on a NAS for playback through a standard hifi, or is it a completely closed system?   I can't find any info on the Pono website (not that surprising) and so wondered if...

Listen to Jamie Cullum's exclusive play of 'North Star' from the new album on BBC Radio 2 HERE. The beautiful ambient-electronica-jazz soundscape City is the new album from Manchester guitarist and composer Stuart McCallum and his second studio album for Naim. City features a handful of seasoned musicians including McCallum on guitars, Robin Mullarkey , bass (ESKA, Roisin Murphy), Sean Foran (Trichotomy), Rhodes and Richard Spaven (Flying Lotus, José James) drums, synths and electronics.

I am looking for a copy of Diary of a Soul Fiend by Saint Jude either on CD or as a full fat download and am struggling to find a copy. I can get a 320 mp3 version, which I would prefer not to have to do, or I can pay £40 for a CD version from the rain forest site which I'm not prepared to do. Does anyone know anywhere where I am likely to be able to purchase a copy of this by any chance?

another jazz musicIan who passed away, a dark year for jazz....

BBC interview with the author, Stephen Witt. Click .   John.

Proms Lecture on Radio 3, 9pm Saturday. Click .   John.

This is pretty good.   http://www.eonline.com/news/676397/rod-stewart-and-a-ap-rocky-sing-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden-on-the-late-late-show-watch-now    

After all, finally apple launched a music streaming platform! I mean the one before doesn't count! I think I might gonna give it a try during the 3 months for free, what do you think? Actually I am a convinced Spotify user, but I heard apple music has...

Mobo Award Winners Sons Of Kemet Return With Dominating New Sound And Album. After the blistering success of their debut album 'Burn' in 2013, Sons of Kemet return with their highly anticipated follow up ' Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do .' 'Burn' is a hard act to follow - not only did it garner the band fans such as Gilles Peterson (who included the album in his Worldwide Awards shortlist) and stunning reviews, including The Arts Desk (who pronounced it Album Of The Year) and The...

i am going to visit the North Sea Jazz Festival from Friday till Sunday. I am happy to provide a kind of impressions and concert report type of log. But only if people are interested in it. Otherwise I will just provide a limited post on the festival....

A very distinctive singer. I was lucky enough to hear him sing Tristan at Covent Garden on 7 th June 1978 (I still have the programme), I was also unlucky to chose an evening when he had a throat infection & so did not sing during the 3 rd act! He sounded pretty good to me in the first two acts though. He did make a fine recording of Tristan with Karajan & a wonderful Peter Grimes with Colin Davis.

Heads up .   John.

I have noticed in myself a recent trend towards listening more to classical music rather than other sorts, and so, as Mrs Marcopolovitch was away for the weekend,  I took the opportunity to indulge myself.  I set out to remind my...

This box set is available for preorder.   CD and vinyl.  

For those (still) interested in creating their own CDs: using XLD, I've stumbled across a burning solution that so far has been giving me reliable discs, that play without pops and clicks on players that in the past have given me a fair bit of trouble...