Blogs
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Blue Note Re:imagined
|It says something when arguably the most important label in jazz comes to London to find artists to cover classic tunes from its enviable back catalogue. And what it says is London is where it’s ...read more -
Music Interview: Emma Swift
|A few years ago, when she was struck down by crippling depression and suffering from writer’s block, Nashville-based country artist Emma Swift turned to Bob Dylan for help. “I began singing his songs as a ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Luis Fernandes, finite elemente
|German high-end equipment support masters finite elemente had a bit of a troubled decade during the 2010s, but the brand is back, with greater focus than seen in years. A few years ago the brand ...read more -
Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
|Australian-born country singer-songwriter Emma Swift’s Blonde On The Tracks is a collection of covers of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs and it’s perfectly timed. Bob is back with his best album in years, ...read more -
Staying in is the new going out
|One of the first statistics published in January, the country’s main music industry body – the British Phonographic Industry – is keen to tell the world just how many records, CDs, downloads, streamed songs and ...read more -
Going to Ground
|Editor’s Note: In the development of his highly respected digital audio components, Scott Berry of Computer Audio Design discovered the impact of High Frequency ground noise. Later, he found this signal ground noise also impacted ...read more -
Music Interview: Jason Brewer, The Explorer's Club
|During the first Covid-19 lockdown, one of the albums that kept me sane was the new, self-titled record by The Explorers Club. Paying homage to the lush orchestrations of Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach, as ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Cardas Audio
|Cardas Audio is based in the coastal town of Bandon, Oregon. The town is well known for the annual Cranberry festival (their local harvest), its beaches, cheese, golf and rock formations... and one of the ...read more -
Music Interview: Dan Penn
|I’m talking to a songwriting legend, although I’m a bit worried that I can’t hear everything he’s saying. Dan Penn, Southern soul singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, is on the phone to me from ...read more -
The Who: Who’s Next (Deluxe Edition) HR
|Anyone who saw the trailer for the movie American Beauty will have been struck by the brilliance of ‘Baba O’Riley’, the track chosen to accompany it and which effectively doubled the impact of the clip. ...read more -
Carly Simon: No Secrets
|The year 2020 may seem like the darkest of times but look back at some old favourite records and they may awaken memories of other very dark times. No Secrets, recorded and released in 1972, ...read more -
Malojian: Humm
|Humm, the fifth album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Stevie Scullion, aka Malojian, wasn’t supposed to be released until September, but the COVID-19 lockdown prompted him to put it out as a digital download from Bandcamp ...read more -
Eyelids: The Accidental Falls
|Eyelids, from Portland, Oregon, could lay claim to being the coolest supergroup ever. They’re made up of US indie-rock royalty who’ve played with Guided By Voices, The Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus and Elliott Smith. The band’s ...read more -
Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs Of Sorrow
|Straight Songs of Sorrow, the twelfth studio album by gravel-voiced grunge survivor Mark Lanegan was never going to be an easy listen. In fact, it’s one of the darkest records he’s ever made, which is ...read more -
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier – Book 1 (BWV 846‑869) performed by Trevor Pinnock
|Trevor Pinnock’s first encounter with Book 1 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier came in the late 1950s when he was about 12 years old. Now, aged 73, he’s finally taken the plunge and produced a glowingly ...read more