Astonished to see that my Amy Winehouse: The Album Collection comes with one these most grievous of offenses against taste and decency and liberality. Frank . . . our culture is still being infantilized and no doubt has supporters from both the illiberal Left and the illiberal Right — the “central scrutinizers” of Joe’s Garage. “Explicit…
BBC gifted with a “combination of technical mastery and passionate artistry”. marta argerichmusicpiano
This BBC radio programme is far more informative and insightful than all the videoed stuff put together. Bolan unfortunately labored under the teen idol ascription which made many in the day keep quite about their admiration for him. Glad this has all changed. 36 years after Marc Bolan’s death, Paul Sexton presents an updated repeat of…
With the usual hype beginning to emerge people seem to forget that Bowie had such a deep sense of musical discrimination, allowing his musicians to get on with it, one of the most notable cases being that of jazz musician Mike Garson (Bowie’s Piano Man) who brilliantly lifted what was, by Bowie’s standards, a rather middling effort (and…
I have always been of the view that Amy Winehouse was the only female artist that was on Etta James’ plane — the parallels are all too obvious — a profound expression of “love and trouble” experience going back to Billie Holiday. Now that the dust has settled in the four years since Amy’s death I was…
My chum Noonie Minogue is the translator of this autobiography (sounds like my kinda guy), heretofore unavailable in English — click on the graphic for Amazon details and check out this Guardian article: The bouzouki is what the hardened criminals laid hold of, killers with life sentences, the guys on death row… it’s a sacred thing. They didn’t…
Brian May nails it — the man and the musician. Both men of taste and decency. (A postscript: May mentions Donal, Rory’s brother who talks here about Rory: We went down to see Muddy and his band playing in a New York club called Ungano’s. The gig was very badly attended by the public, but it…
Rewatched the Ry Cooder — Wim Wenders collaboration. Superb — both show insight and restraint — in accordance with their usual subtle judgement. There are few places on my travel bucket list but Cuba is one of them — I’d better get there sooner, rather than later. For me, it’s the music, cigars, the cars and…
Very pleased to find others that see the connections. complexityEmergenceJazzmartin rosenbergmusicSpontaneous order
Ricky chats with Paul Leslie. JazzLouis Armstrongmusicpaul leslieRicky RiccardiWhat A Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years
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