Great Noises That Fill the Air: Music, Poetry and Performance on Film
“The English excel in dancing and music for they are active and lively. They are vastly fond of great noises that fill the air, such as the firing of cannon, drums and the ringing of bells. So that it is common for a number...
The Beatles and India
As spiritual and musical reawakenings go, it has to be said that The Beatles’ Indian love affair got off to a shaky start. In Richard Lester’s 1965 film Help!, we see the Fabs become embroiled with a sinister Eastern cult who set out to...
Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980 1985
Behold Bob Dylan’s ’80s, that blighted hour. No-one could really argue if you described it as largely a time of muddle and waste, lit up here and there by occasional flashes of the inspiration Dylan seemed previously to have had on speed dial but...
Joan Shelley Ginko/Electric Ursa
After studying environment ethics and playing in coffee shops around Athens, Georgia, Joan Shelley returned to her native Kentucky in the late 2000s and embedded herself in the Louisville music scene. She found a place among a motley assortment of players steeped in punk...
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Tame Impala, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jamie xx and Kraftwerk have been announced as next year’s Rock en Seine headliners. READ MORE: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis live in London: Minimal elements for maximum impact They will be joined by support acts...
Steely Dan/Donald Fagen Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!/Donald Fagen the Nightfly Live
Steely Dan have a well-deserved reputation as the ultimate studio band. During their 1970s heyday, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen became increasingly meticulous when it came to session musicians and state-of-the-art recording techniques, creating LPs that still stand as the epitome of sonic perfectionism...
NCT 127 announce ‘Favorite’, a repackaged version of ‘Sticker’
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Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ documentary to debut in the UK tomorrow
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