Donegal Cinematic Folk Act Charles James & The Rise Release Debut Album “Crossing The Bar” sees Charles James & The Rise debut with a stunning album this September. Hailing from Donegal, the group are musically influenced by the darker side of the folk scene and the more haunting elements of choral music. 2023 saw Charles James & The Rise […]
Oscar Peterson’s classic ‘Plays The Cole Porter Songbook’ plus 14 bonus tracks, includes 20-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz’s writer Brian Morton and by Paris’ prestigious Jazz Magazine. “With Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, Oscar Peterson reworks Cole Porter and says something original and […]
The complete LP + bonus track – limited edition 180g audiophile vinyl pressing.Those who consider themselves Oscar Peterson completists should be aware of 1961 live session from the London House Sessions in Chicago, which produced five LPs, including ‘The Sound of The Trio’ (Verve Records) presented here. The delightful arrangements showcase the talents of each […]
DELUXE 3CD + 1 BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET OF THE CLASSIC 1981 ALBUM BY BILL NELSON. FEATURING AN ADDITIONAL 53 BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND & STEREO MIXES OF THE QUIT DREAMING SESSIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL MULTI-TRACK MASTER TAPES BY STEPHEN W TAYLER & RARE SINGLES & RADIO SESSIONS. INCLUDES A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK […]
Belly found themselves at something of a crossroads when it came to following up their 1993 debut album Star – a wildly successful record that earned the band two GRAMMY nominations including the coveted Best New Artist award. With bassist Gail Greenwood having joined the ranks in between, she plus the trio of Tanya Donelly […]
Bret McKenzie is a Grammy and Academy Award winning artist most well known for his band Flight of the Conchords and their eponymous television show.McKenzie is internationally renowned for singing and writing funny, strange, and unique songs primarily for film and television.Bret’s songs have been sung by Kermit the Frog, Celine Dion, Lizzo, Benedict Cumberbatch, […]
Sales notes: While the world became socially distanced in 2020, Hull’s post-shoegaze, dream pop, heavy guitar effects quartet bdrmm made the kind of impact with their debut album any young band would dream about. Bedroom was hailed as “a heady, forward-thinking shoe gaze distillation” by Clash magazine, the Guardian proclaimed “one of the underground hits […]
Haunting vocals backed up by an intimate guitar” – Rolling Stone “With its icy charms unfolding at a devastating pace, this marks the emergence of a bold new talent” – Clash Magazine “Arny Margret creates sublime, wistful songs that draw on themes of love and longing in the best tradition of heartfelt roots music” – […]
Cluster can be counted among the most important international protagonists of the electronic avant-garde. Some credit them with having invented ambient music, others as pioneers of synthesizer pop, whilst to some they are firmly embedded in the krautrock universe. There is some truth in all of these notions. Cluster (or Kluster as they were in the beginning) were founded in […]
On January 7th 1964, the Beatles took time out from their 16-night run at the Finsbury Park Astoria to record their eighth appearance on BBC radio’s long-running Saturday Club show, to be transmitted on February 15th.The recording took place at the Playhouse Theatre, close to Trafalgar Square in London’s West End, hosted by Brian Matthew.Things […]
