David Kenneth Ritz "Dave" Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) Virtually every account of the folk revival of the late 19...
WORLD MUSIC JOURNEY: Οι Tinariwen μάς μαθαίνουν τα blues της ερήμου
Οι Tinariwen (το όνομά τους σημαίνει στη γλώσσα τους "Άνθρωποι της ερήμου") είναι μια μπάντα από το Mali με μέλη της φυλής Touare...
Steely Dan - "Aja" : το ηχητικά τέλειο album;
Το έκτο studio album των Steely Dan – τo Aja - είναι αυτό που τους έκανε γνωστούς σε όλον τον κόσμο. Ήταν τότε που τα βασικά μέλη τους, οι D...
"Will Of The People" : Expecting Muse's 9th studio album (𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 26/8/2022)
Matt Bellamy and co edge towards the strange on album nine Will Of The People is a gang vocal-driven, swaggering stadium rock song; Liberat...
Whiskey Myers - "Tornillo" : Southern rock at its best (𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯)
„Horns up" kann man da nur angesichts von TORNILLO sagen. Aber nicht im schwermetallischen Sinne, sondern im blechbläserischen. Denn W...
ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟ PROGRESSIVE ROCK: "IL MUCCHIO", η αρχή του ιταλικού progressive
Οι Il Mucchio ήταν ένα progressive rock group από τη Βενετία που ξεκίνησε το 1970 από την επιθυμία του Sandro Zane να ασχοληθεί με το συγκε...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS (#29) : Country Joe and the Fish - "Electric Music For The Mind And Body" (1967)
A left-wing activist before and after a stint in the navy, Joe McDonald arrived in San Francisco as a student but quickly became absorbed in...
“Driven”: Gilbert O'Sullivan is here again! Do you remember him?
Enduring and much-loved maverick returns Fifty years since Alone Again (Naturally) was the second biggest-selling song of the year in Ameri...
"Petali": il nuovo disco di Simona Molinari
Fosse stata un'altra, la Molinari sarebbe finita nel trituratore del fatuo circo mediatico. Invece, per fortuna, Simona è Simona e ha ba...
THE STORY OF A SONG: The Byrds - "Eight Miles High" (1966)
Recorded Jan. 25, 1966; chart debut April 9, 1966 (reached #14 Billboard and #24 in U.K.) Roger McGuinn’s twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar ...
WORLD MUSIC JOURNEY: "Estrela Acesa", ο Sessa μας ταξιδεύει στη Βραζιλία
Το Estrela Acesa είναι το δεύτερο studio album του γεννημένου στο São Paulo τραγουδιστή που χρησιμοποιεί το όνομα Sessa . Ο ήχος των τραγου...
"State Of Mind" is Laura Evans' debut album : British blues with country feeling
With her hooky single I’m Alright catching the attention of a swathe of Country-Blues aficionados, Welsh songstress Laura Evans has been t...
"Closure/ Continuation" : new (and maybe last) Porcupine Tree's album
Ambitious yet tuneful (likely) final album from art-prog rockers. Never say never. After years of speculation and rumours, Steven Wilson has...
"Lifetime Achievement" is Loudon Wainwright III's new release (due to Aug 19)
“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...
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