“How old is 75?” Loudon Wainwright III asks near the end of his new album Lifetime Achievement . There’s a rickety banjo strumming in the ...
De Danann: an interesting folk group from Ireland
Formed in Spiddal, County Galway, in 1974, and spoken of in the same breath as the Bothy Band (1975-78) as being pioneering giants of the in...
THE STORY OF A SONG: Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
(written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper) Recorded in Memphis on Dec. 7, 1967; chart debut Jan. 27. 1968 (4 weeks at #1 on Billboard cha...
ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟ PROGRESSIVE FOLK: Antiche Pescherie Nel Borgo - ενώθηκαν για να εκπλήξουν
Ο δίσκος με τίτλο " Si no sabir ... tazir! " (Αν δεν μιλάς τη γλώσσα Sabir, σκάσε!) είναι ο μοναδικός που κυκλοφόρησε μέχρι τώρα τ...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS (#28) : Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (1975)
Musical lightning in a bottle, The Köln Concert is at once one of the great jazz albums and one of the greatest pieces of extended musical i...
'Οταν ο Greg Lake ανακάλυψε τους Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)
Όταν οι Emerson Lake and Palmer περιόδευαν στην Ιταλία το 1972, κάποιος έδωσε στον Greg Lake να ακούσει μια κασέτα με τραγούδια ενός ιταλικο...
"Entering Heaven Alive": Jack White's second release in 2022
In April of this year, Jack White took a plunge in Detroit’s massive Masonic Temple, not far from his childhood home. After inviting his lon...
WORLD MUSIC JOURNEY: "Razem", ένας δίσκος που ενώνει δυο λαούς
Στα πολωνικά razem σημαίνει «μαζί» και το album με αυτόν ακριβώς τον τίτλο είναι η ένωση δυο folk groups: των Babra από την Ουγγαρία και των...
Ragtime: from piano to guitar
Ragtime music originated in urban African-American cities such as New Orleans and St Louis, around the turn of the 20th century. Essentially...
"Bleed Out": Mountain Goats' new release
Poetry with a punch These American lo-fi rockers are comprised of singer-guitarist John Damielle and a revolving cast around him. They hav...
“Point me at the sky”, ένα σπάνιο single των Pink Floyd
Ένα σινγκλάκι που κυκλοφόρησαν οι Pink Floyd και δεν περιέχεται σε κανένα studio album τους, παρά μόνο σε δυο τρεις συλλογές, είναι το “Poin...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS (#27) : Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973)
When fresh-from-the-folk-clubs prodigy Mike Oldfield first presented his epic Tubular Bells concept to Virgin label owner Richard Branson, ...
Οι Cleves από τη Νέα Ζηλανδία
To group ξεκίνησε το 1964 και ονομαζόταν "The Clevedonaires" (από το όνομα της πόλης τους Clevedon, νότια του Auckland, στη New Ze...
Paolo Nutini - "Last Night In The Bittersweet": Scotland’s great rock hope returns
In his career's first decade, Paolo Nutini transformed from upbeat indie-pop troubadour to nascent heritage rock artist. After a hiatus ...
"Freedom": Journey's first album in more than a decade
Initial signs are not good. Journey’s comeback album - their first for 11 years, since 2011’s Eclipse - comprises 15 tracks with a collectiv...
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