Greg Lake, ενας μουσικός που δεν ξεχνάμε

Ο Gregory Stuart Lake γεννήθηκε στις 10 Νοεμβρίου 1947 στο Dorset , της Αγγλίας. Τραγουδιστής, στιχουργός και παραγωγός, έγινε αρχικά γνω...

"Albion" : Harp's new release

Midlake veteran keeps the faith A powerful arc from loss to tender resolve underpins the disarmingly lovely return from former Midlake sing...

"Meera" : Kamini Natarajan's homage to Hindu poet Meerabai

Living at a time when women were confined to the home, the 16th-century Hindu mystic-poet Meerabai (bai being an honorific for ‘lady*), the ...

"Memphis Calling" : Emma Wilson sings the blues one more time

What do you get when you have a female singer orig­inating from Middlesborough, Johnny Phillips, who owns Select O Hits in Memphis and is di...

"Chronicles Of A Diamond": Black Pumas' second album

Second set from groove-laced Grammy magnets. While rock is only a single element of their peculiarly inclusive pangeneric oeuvre. Black Puma...

"Pretty Vicious": Struts' album number four

     If the company you keep was a measure of success, then The Struts would be on an unstoppable trajectory to the stars. Dave Grohl is an ...

THE STORY OF A SONG: ZZ Top - La Grange

ZZ Top's song "La Grange" was first released on their 1973 album Tres Hombres , celebrating a real-life brothel called The Chi...

Buzzcocks - "Nostalgia"

Back in 1978. Pete Shelley’s nostalgia “for an age yet to come” (“Nostalgia”, on “Love Bites”) caught rock music in an uncharacteristic forw...

THE STORY OF THE SIXTIES: The American Breed

To group ξεκίνησε το 1961 με το όνομα Gary and the Knight Lites παίρνοντας το όνομα American Breed το 1967. Η αρχική του σύνθεση ήταν οι : G...

Klaus Nomi, ένας πρόωρα χαμένος εκκεντρικός καλλιτέχνης

O Klaus Nomi ήταν ένας εκκεντρικός καλλιτέχνης και τραγουδιστής που ξεχώρισε στη σκηνή της μουσικής και της performance art τη δεκαετία του ...

Left Banke: η baroque pop στα καλύτερά της

Η μπάντα των Left Banke είναι ένα αμερικανικό rock group από αυτά που ξεχώρισαν τη δεκαετία του 60. Η μουσική του έχει χαρακτηριστεί ως baro...

"Sirenesque": Το νέο album των εξαιρετικών The Bathers

Μια από τις πιο ενδιαφέρουσες νέες κυκλοφορίες είναι το album "Sirenesque" του κάθε άλλο παρά εμπορικού group The Bathers. Ποιοι ε...

John Martyn (1948-2009), ένας ιδιαίτερος μουσικός

Το πραγματικό όνομα του John Martyn ήταν Iain David McGeachy. Γεννήθηκε στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου 1948 στο New Malden του Surrey, στην Αγγλία, και...

Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"

Το καλοκαίρι του 1966 ο Van Morrison είχε ερωτευτεί μια Αμερικανίδα, την Janet Planet . Οι δυο τους συνέχισαν τη σχέση τους και το 1967, ...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"

At the end of 1974, Kiss were in trouble. Their self-titled debut album had shifted just 75.000 copies. The follow-up. Hotter Than Hell, had...

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)

By 1974, it was clear to those around Neil Young (and to a deeply apprehensive Elliot Roberts in particular) that the 28-year-old Canadian w...

Ofra Haza, unforgetable

Ofra Haza grew up singing both secular material and Diwan songs—devotional pieces that cover religious and secular subjects, and are perform...

"Hackney Diamonds", The Rolling Stones new studio album

Maybe you’re expecting Hackney Diamonds to offer up a new Mick Jagger - this one more reflective and questioning, still coming to terms wit...

"Hackney Diamonds" Il nuovo studio album di Rolling Stones

Settembre 2023: il mondo è entrato in una nuova “Rolling Stones Era”. O almeno, così ha assicurato l’originale campagna stampa creata per il...

Jeronimo: their second self-titled album (1971)

 

Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops

Many albums have had a huge influence on impressionable young people, especially in the late 50s and early 60s, in the world of Rock 'n...

Γυναίκες Rock Stars που άφησαν το στίγμα τους στη μουσική των 80s

Kate Bush Η μουσική της Kate Bush έχει μια μυστήρια τεχνική που άλλοι καλλιτέχνες δουλεύουν σκληρά για να την πετύχουν. Η μουσική της ήταν μ...

Alice Cooper, continuing and kicking...

Seventy-five is an auspicious age for any rock star-especially if you're one who cavorts with snakes and gets your head chopped off ever...

The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1976) [THE STORY OF THE SONG]

     Formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1974, The Saints were contemporaries of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols—though blissfully ignorant th...

"Falling or Flying", the new release of Jorja Smith, the promising voice of the british soul

When JORJA SMITH released her debut album Lost & Found in 2018, it was near universally accepted that hers was a voice that could defin...