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Οι Fuchsia ήταν μια μπάντα που έπαιζε progressive folk με στοιχεία ψυχεδελικού rock. Ήταν δημιούργημα του Tony Durant, ενός μουσικού που είχ...
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Neil had been around the block a few times before his arrival at the heart of the Greenwich Village folk scene. A staff writer at the Brill ...
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"Eliminate the unnecessary, and focus on the substance.” Drummer Tommy Ramone’s succinctly sums up no fuss attitude of the Ramones’ sel...
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May 1963, and 33-year-old pianist, singer and genius Ray Charles is sat down with NME correspondent Ian Dove to promote his UK tour. Ray’s a...
ΣΠΑΝΙΑ ΑΝΤΙΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΑ: Everyone - Don't Get Me Wrong (1971)
Η βρετανική progressive folk μπάντα των Everyone είναι από τις λιγότερο γνωστές του είδους. Βασικά μέλη της ήταν ο κιθαρίστας Andy Roberts ...
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Avec son souverain et très seventies classicisme, l’inestimable autrice- compositrice signe un grand disque intemporel. Si Big Time lait su...
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80th birthday celebration from the progressive 60s’ last great voice. It seems incredible that 54 years have passed since Arthur Brown’s pai...
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37 Years after it initially reached number 3 in the UK (Kate Bush's biggest hit apart from 1978 debut Wuthering Heights ), Running Up Th...
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Οι Esperanto σχηματίστηκαν στο Βέλγιο το 1971 όταν γνωρίστηκαν ο βιολιστής Raymond Vincent με τον κιμπορντίστα Bruno Libert. Στη συνέχεια πή...
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