the title track and ‘Up The Junction’. Holland left after Argybargy (1980). The classic East Side Story (1981) was followed by the disappointing Sweets From A Stranger (1982) after which Squeeze disbanded, reforming in 1985 and 2007. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Status Quo | Seventies | Rock ...
The affectionately nicknamed ‘squeeze box’ is the smallest of all conventional keyboard instuments, and the lowliest cousin of the organ (except the shirt-pocket harmonica). Strictly speaking, however, it has neither keys nor a keyboard. Nor has it a uniform shape. Playing Technique Whereas the standard English concertina is hexagonal, German and American models are square. The basic ...
the breakdown of his first marriage and was Springsteen’s last work with the E Street Band until a 1999 reunion tour. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Squeeze | Seventies | Rock ...
pop, Williams was an important transmitter of New Orleans traditions to the East Coast musicians he met in his recording and publishing roles. In the 1930s, during the squeeze of the Depression, Williams closed his publishing office, turned to radio promotion and went on to run an antique store in Harlem. He died in 1965, having ...
Bluesiana Triangle, with saxophonist David ‘Fathead’ Newman and bebop drummer Art Blakey. At his most ambitious, Dr. John collaborated with members of alternative rock bands like Portishead, Squeeze, Primal Scream and Supergrass, upon whom his murky early recordings had been a surprising influence. In 2000 he signed with Blue Note Records and founded his own reissue ...
followed by Morrison and Tucker, leaving Yule to front a band that was The Velvet Underground in name only by the time of its final release, the abysmal Squeeze, in 1973. ‘We’re musical primitives.’ John Cale Classic Recordings 1967 The Velvet Underground And Nico, White Light/White Heat 1969 The Velvet Underground 1970 Loaded 1974 1969: Velvet ...
In our heads we can all imagine a noise called punk rock. It’s nasty, brutish and short. It’s played on cheap guitars at high speed. In fact it’s possibly played on cheap speed. The songs are basic to the point of wilful stupidity. If they have any message, it will probably be negative. The general effect will not be ...
to the stage behind a chorus of dancing girls, with Townshend resplendent in a silver boiler suit. With a capacity of 3,500, the venue somehow managed to squeeze in 4,000 each night. November–December US Arena Tour The final leg of the 1971 US tour began in North Carolina on 20 November. The West Coast shows resulted in ...
March Moon Releases Two Sides Of The Moon Despite no evident vocal abilities, having seen the others release solo albums Keith Moon saw no reason why he shouldn’t follow suit. Recording began in August 1974 and a single – ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ – was released in the US the following month. The record company hated it and ordered a complete ...
The bagpipe consists of drones, or reedpipes, which are connected to a windbag. The windbag is held under the arm and is squeezed by the elbow to pass air into the pipes. The windbag is inflated by a blowpipe or bellows, and the melody is played by means of a chanter, a pipe with fingerholes. Although the ...
Drumming in West Africa is a rural indigenous art form, and it accompanies dance and singing. Master drummers are members of the griot class of professional musical entertainers. These men lead the drumming and promote the tradition by teaching students. The two main types of West African drum are goblet drums and hourglass drums made from a hollowed-out single log ...
Zither The zither is part of a group of instruments which are linked by the fact that sets of strings run parallel to their main body, and that – unlike the lute, lyre or harp – they can still be played even without a resonating device. In the concept’s least advanced state, native instruments exist which are little ...
With only a limited time to create an opera for the opening performance at the Aldeburgh Festival on 11 June 1960, Britten and Pears selected Shakespeare’s comic play, and by shortening and tightening it they were able to employ Shakespeare’s own text rather than rewriting it. The music, meanwhile, transforms the stage into the woods, and ...
Composed: 1907–09 Premiered: 1911, Paris Libretto by Franc-Nohain, after his own play Ramiro, a muleteer, brings a watch for repair to Torquemada’s workshop in Toledo. Concepcion reminds her husband that it is Thursday, when he has to wind all the municipal clocks. He asks Ramiro to wait until he gets back. Concepcion, however, is ...
Albert King’s late 1960s and early 1970s recordings for the Stax label remain cornerstones of modern blues. Tunes like ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’, ‘Crosscut Saw’ and ‘I’ll Play the Blues For You’ are also an antidote to the over-the-top playing indulged in by so many contemporary blues guitarists. For King, a six-foot-four, 250-pound man possessed of a big ...
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