This is a masterpiece of an album. It’s 50 years old now (as of this writing) but it passes the test of time exceedingly well. From Santana, for me, it’s a very close second to Santana III, which is my desert island album. There is a whole blend of styles …
Ellen McIlwaine has been working in the music industry for well over 50 years, but has not achieved a level of recognition equal to her talent. She is a slide guitar expert a la Bonnie Raitt, and routinely explores all aspects of music, from blues to rock, reggae and Indian …
I’m always looking for quirky themes around which to build a playlist. One of the must-have criteria is that the resulting playlist is one that I will want to listen to several times, so that cuts out the creation of a playlist just to create a playlist. So, I was …
If you have a soft spot for psych pop from the late ’60’s, then I think you’ll enjoy The Savage Resurrection’s one & done album, released in 1968. With exception of a 21 year old, the rest of the band were teenagers when they recorded this (link to band’s wiki). …
I don’t know why the television series Space 1999 popped into my head the other day, but it recalled the fun memories I have of the groundbreaking work of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson. In the 1960’s &’70’s they had several terrific science fiction series in their SUPERMARIONATION format, as well …
It’s interesting that the larger musical world has uniques sounds or categories based on musicians gathering in specific geographies, examples being the San Francisco sound of the mid/late ’60’s, Detroit’s Motown, the Merseybeat of 60’s Liverpool, the Southern Rock of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers et al. One of these I …
Here’s quite the eclectic little playlist brought to you by bands with numbers in their name. I thought it may make for an interesting music mix, and I believe I’m right. Now, I chose bands with clear numbers, not with adjectives like 5th or fourth. So here you go. It’s …
As I was cruising the depths of my library for the last playlist, I hit upon a few ’80’s gems I hadn’t listened to for a while. So, not content to dust off the dust quite yet, I thought I’d dig out some more lesser known ’80’s songs I enjoy …
The Bureau is Andy Growcott (percussion), Pete Williams (bass/vocals), Rob Jones (guitar/trumpet/vocals), Archie Brown (lead vocals), Mick Talbot (keyboards/vocals), Paul Taylor (trombone), Steve Spooner (alto sax) and J.B. Blythe (tenor sax). Growcott, Williams, Blythe, Spooner & Talbot had left Dexys Midnight Runners after the release of Searching for the Young …
I decided to take a trip off the normal tracks & delve into the dusty corners of my library. I was looking for heavier, guitar driven tracks that I haven’t listened to for quite a while. As with most dives, there is the odd offshoot that doesn’t quite fit the …
