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THE STORY OF A SONG: Suzanne Vega - "Tom’s Diner"
New York City–based poet-turned-folk singer Suzanne Vega made a huge impact with her 1987 album Solitude Standing , above all for its mesmer...
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Still on a crest of a wave musically and garnering a huge fan base, it was a no brainer that When Rivers Meet would bring out a live album ...
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Some things take time and sometimes it’s all worth the wait. This can be said again and again with the Grateful Dead. After 15 years togeth...
AIR: electronic progressive born in France
If you think that French alt.proggers Air aren’t worth the drawbridge that Rick Wakeman rides across, think again. Not only do they perform...
Mendelbaum: μεταφέροντας ψυχεδέλεια από το Wisconsin στο San Francisco
Οι Mendelbaum σχηματίστηκαν το 1966 από συμφοιτητές του Πανεπιστημίου του Wisconsin. Στη συνέχεια, για τα επόμενα χρόνια έκαναν ζωντανές εμφ...
"Only The Strong Survive": Bruse Springsteen's new cover album
By making 15 old soul songs on his new album, Bruce Springsteen is setting himself quite a challenge. In strictly musical terms, he does a d...
Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Terry Hall
Ο Terry Hall, ο τραγουδιστής των Specials και πρώην μέλος των Fun Boy Three και των Colourfield, πέθανε χθες σε ηλικία 63 ετών. «Με μεγάλη θ...
Burd Ellen - "A Tarot of the Green Wood": Forward-thinking Scottish drone folk
The seven songs on this third studio album from Burd Ellen, the Glasgow-based project featuring Debbie Armour and Gayle Brogan, came togethe...
Def Leppard - "Diamond Star Halos": είναι το καλύτερο rock album του 2022;
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Crystal Shawanda - "Midnight Blues": a stunning release
Crystal Shawanda (born July 26, 1983) is a Canadian blues and country music artist. Her surname translates to "Dawn of a New Day"...
Όταν ο Bob Dylan συνάντησε τον John Wayne
Δεν είναι περίεργο που ο Bob Dylan , ένας από τους διασημότερους μουσικούς των τελευταίων 100 χρόνων, είχε συναντήσει στη διάρκεια της ζω...
MUSIC PORTRAITS: Devendra Banhart
Born 30 May 1981, Houston, Texas, USA. Psych-folk artist Banhart was born to a Venezuelan mother and American father, and was given his Hind...
WORLD MUSIC: Officina Zoè, ένα group με ηγετικό ρόλο στη μουσική του Salento
Οι Officina Zo è δημιουργήθηκαν την άνοιξη του 1993, από την ένωση ορισμένων μουσικών του Salento από τον Lamberto Probo (τραγούδι, ντέφι ...
"Somebody That I Used To Know" (2012): When Gotye conquered the world
The connection was struck instantly by the melancholic melodic dance between a two- note guitar sample from legendary Brazilian musician Lu...
Οι μεγάλες επιτυχίες του Long John Baldry
O Long John Baldry (1941-2005) ήταν Άγγλος μουσικός που έκανε αρκετές επιτυχίες, ενώ με την μπάντα του συνόδεψε αρκετούς συμπατριώτες του, ό...
THE STORY OF A SONG: Rolling Stones - "Jumpin’ Jack Flash" (1968)
“ Jumpin’ Jack Flash bore down on the world in May 1968 like an emergency bulletin while Paris burned and America writhed in agony,...
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Οι Throwing Muses σχηματίστηκαν το 1981 στο Newport του Rhode Island με μέλη τρία κορίτσια (τις ετεροθαλείς αδελφές Kristin Hersh και Ta...
Jeronimo, ένα από τα πιο επιτυχημένα krautrock groups των αρχών των seventies
Οι Jeronimo ήταν ένα γερμανικό rock συγκρότημα που σχηματίστηκε το 1969. Τα πρώτα δυο singles που ηχογράφησαν, το " He Ya " το...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS (#41): Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1982)
Thriller is surrounded by a cloud of statistics—the biggest album in history, it sold more than 40 million copies on its first release; it ...
Patrizia Cirulli - "Fantasia. Le Poesie di Eduardo (De Filippo) in Musica" (2022)
Patrizia Cirulli si fa portavoce della poetica novecentesca di Eduardo De Filippo attraverso un cantare viscerale, a tratti struggente. Un...
NEW RELEASES: "Crackdown": GA-20's third album
This Boston, Massachusetts, trio are both a throw-back and one of the launch pads for a growing real blues revivalist movement. Their third...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS (#40): The Police - "Synchronicity" (1983)
1983 began with the Police at AIR Studios in Montserrat working on what would be their fifth and final studio album, Synchronicity . An...
Live At The Asylum: Joan Armatrading celebrates a 50year career with a live album
It seems remarkable that Joan Armatrading is celebrating her 50th year in the music industry. She has become an iconic singer-songwriter, an...
"Number 8": Sam Brown is back with a new album
"It's okay to be broken, it's okay to be blue," sings Sam Brown at the start of her first full album since 2007. Brown...
THE STORY OF A SONG: The Band - "The Weight" (1968)
[the artist credit on the record is “Jaime Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm.”] Anyone who loves r...
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