𝐈𝐓𝐀Λ𝐈𝐊𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 : LeoNero

O Gianni Leone ήταν μέλος του ιταλικού progressive rock group των Balletto di Bronzo. Όταν το 1973 το group διαλύθηκε ο Leone αποφάσισε να κ...

«Society’s Child»: To masterpiece της Janis Ian

H Janis Ian έγραψε το «Society’s Child» στην τρυφερή ηλικία των 14 χρόνων. Και να πώς διηγείται η ίδια αυτό που της προκάλεσε την έμπνευση: ...

When America loved the Rammstein

When Rammstein released their second album, 1997’s Sehnsucht, it turned them inti one of the biggest bands in Europe. What no one expected w...

Essential songs: Deep Purple's "Black Night" (1970)

“Black Night” has something of the appeal of a vintage motorcycle. Brutish and primal, this gutsy British boogie is propelled along by its c...

Porcelain : το καλύτερο album της Julia Fordham

To “Porcelain” του 1989 ήταν το δεύτερο προσωπικό άλμπουμ τής εικοσιπεντάχρονης τότε Julia Fordham που σηματοδοτούσε όχι μόνο την συνέχιση α...

John D. Loudermilk: συνθέτης μεγάλων επιτυχιών

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Nanodiamond: Sissi Rada's electronic diamond

Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που έμαθα κάποιον Έλληνα καλλιτέχνη διαβάζοντας ξένο μουσικό περιοδικό. Αυτή τη φορά πρόκειται για την Sissi Rada , ό...

Chris Jagger's new release: Mixing Up The Medicine

Jagger the youngest has long been a champion of the finest good-time, cajun-tinged roots rock, unburdened by the shadow of his brother’s ban...

Kate Smith: Μια κρυστάλλινη φωνή από το παρελθόν

 Τα τραγούδια των Beatles έχουν διασκευαστεί χιλιάδες φορές και από κάθε είδους καλλιτέχνες, από τους πιο γνωστούς μέχρι τους πιο άγνωστους....

𝐈𝐓𝐀Λ𝐈𝐊𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 : Corte dei Miracoli

With a distinctive line-up featuring two keyboard players and no guitars, Corte dei Miracoli from Savona released just an album on the smal...

Atlantis: the continuation of Frumpy

Atlantis was founded in the late summer of 1972 by Inga Rumpf (vocals), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboard) and Karl-Heinz Schott (bass), who pr...

Frumpy: Seventies' krautrock from Hamburg, Germany

A short-lived, but very interesting band from Hamburg "Frumpy" was formed in the late 60s by the native of the folk ensemble ...

"Covers": Le troisième album de reprises de Cat Power

 Sur le troisième album de reprises de sa carrière, Chan Marshall revisite le répertoire de Frank Océan, Lana Del Rey, Nick Cave, The Replac...

"Dodging Dues": Garcia Peoples' new release

Given their name, it’s fair to say that New Jersey six-piece Garcia Peoples are familiar with the music of The Grateful Dead. But while they...

Jefferson Airplane και Grace Slick

 Οι Jefferson Airplane ήταν ένα από τα πρώτα rock groups που έδωσαν περισσότερη έμφαση στα albums παρά στα singles.. Κατά τα τελευταία χρόνι...

Blue Banisters: Lana Del Rey strikes again this year

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"Chess": Whitesnake's Bernie Marsden revisits blues favorites

In July 2021, inspired by a conversation with Billy Gibbons, original Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden began his Inspirations series by ...

Buffalo Nichols : an interesting new blues artist

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"Raise The Roof" is Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' new release

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The Bridge: Sting's new release (text in german)

Gutes Konzept, gute Songs, gutes Album In den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten hatte Sting große Ideen und kluge Konzepte: eine Arbeit mit einem L...

“Bang a Gong (Get It On)” : The T.Rex masterpiece

After forming as a slightly fey psychedelic-folk group in the late 1960s, Marc Bolan and Tyrannosaurus Rex were riding high in the U.K. char...

Barn: Neil Young's new album

More than 50 years after “After The Gold Rush”, Neil Young still feels like getting high. Barn , his latest album with Crazy Horse, was reco...

Insouciance : Eric Ter's new release (text in french)

Eric Ter se parfait a chaque tour de piste, et chaque nouvelle sortie affine le portrait d’un auteur, et d’un musicien, unique sur la scene ...

"Saving Grace": When Rivers Meet's new release

Since last December and their debut album, this husband and wife duo had an almost unbelievable year, as they have stormed the British Blues...

Proto-metal bands: Bang

Often compared to Black Sabbath, this edgy trio’s debut album is a proto-metal classic. They formed in Philadelphia in August 1969, when 16-...

𝐈𝐓𝐀Λ𝐈𝐊𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 : Egoband

 Όταν ξεκίνησαν από το Λιβόρνο οι Egoband το 1989 δεν ήταν ούτε πολυμελής μπάντα ούτε λέγονταν Egoband. Ήταν ένα ντουέτο που το αποτελούσαν ...

GREATEST 60s US FOLK LPs: Tim Buckley - Goodbye & hello (1967)

A restless maverick, Buckley was always hard to pigeonhole. Raised on the blues of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, he latched on to the fol...

Strange Effect: Howlin' Jaws' new release (text in french)

On devrait toujours vivre comme si ce jour était le dernier, à fond. Et peut- être devrait-on enregistrer chaque album comme si c’était le p...

"The Beatles and India", a film for the Fab Four's journey

  The Beatles and India is a film that lifts the lid on the Fab Four’s journey east and the impact that Indian music and culture had on the ...