Goldmine Magazine Ian Hunter – the Golden Age Lives On

To say that Ian Hunter and, before he launched his solo career, Mott the Hoople mean a lot more than they ever sold is something of an understatement.  Mott’s biggest hit single was their first, more than two years before … ►

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Goldmine Magazine Did Simon & Garfunkel invent “Folk Rock”?

Who started Folk Rock? One standout candidate is Simon & Garfunkel. However, there’s a case to be made that the British contribution is a legitimate one. ►

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Goldmine Magazine Top 20 Albums of 2016

    Here ’tis – my list of the top 20 albums of 2016. It was a solid year for new releases, but these are the ones that in particular perked up my ears, set my toes a-tappin’ and caused … ►

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Classic Album Sundays Douglas Dare ‘Aforger’ LP & Ticket Giveaway

Next Monday (23rd Jan) we are lucky enough to be joined by Douglas Dare at Brilliant Corners in London as we dig deep into his amazing ‘Aforger’ album.

Full details of the event and ticketing info can be found here.

Building up to the event the good people over at Erased Tapes have supplied us with a copy of the album to giveaway which will also come with a pair of tickets.

Please note you MUST collect the album from the event.

To enter the competition all you have to do is Tweet:

I wanna win a #vinyl of Douglas Dare ‘Aforger’ via @ErasedTapes & tix to @ClassicAlbumSun

Terms and conditions below.

Terms and conditions:

1.This competition is open to fans following Classic Album Sundays aged 21 years or over.

2. Employees of Classic Album Sundays or persons in any with involved in the development, production, or distribution of this competition, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, children) and household members of each such employee, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.

3. To enter, entrants need to Tweet: I wanna win a #vinyl of Douglas Dare ‘Aforger’ via @ErasedTapes & tix to @ClassicAlbumSun

4. This competition will commence at 13.00pm (GMT) 16th January 2017. The cut off time for entries will be 12:00pm on Friday 20th January 2017. Winners will be notified by 13:00pm on Friday 20th January 2017.

5. CAS accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the CAS by the relevant closing date for any reason. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries via agents or third parties are invalid.

6. Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish but no entrant may win more than one prize.

7. Anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter will be ineligible.

8. There will be one winner who will win a vinyl copy of Douglas Dare ‘Forger’ and a pair of tickets to the Classic Album Sundays event at Brilliant Corners, London on January 23rd 2017. Please note the LP must be collected from the event. It will not be posted out.

9. No entrant may win more than one prize.

10. The Promoter’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

11. The prizes are non-transferrable and no cash alternative will be offered.

12. Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, CAS reserves the right (a) to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and (b) in exceptional circumstances to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into.

13. The winner will be notified on Friday 20th January 2017. The winner must claim their prize within 24 hours of the CAS sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and CAS reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules.

14. By entering the competition one agrees to the above terms and conditions.

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The Rest is Noise Julius Eastman

Guerrilla Minimalism. The New Yorker, Jan. 23, 2017.

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The Rest is Noise Appearance

On Jan. 21, I will be speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the company of Ruth Padel. This is my first visit to India, and I’m eager to augment my paltry knowledge of the subcontinent’s great classical traditions.

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Jazzwax Martin Luther King + Jazz

Today in the States, it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday since 1986 but not observed by all states until 2000. I thought it would be fitting to hear seven jazz tributes to the civil rights leader and the movement. [Photo above of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy visiting with Coretta Scott King shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in April 1968]

Each of the jazz pieces that follows is a heartfelt work rooted in the church and King’s spirit:

Here’s John Coltrane playing Alabama on Ralph Gleason’s Jazz Casual TV show in San Francisco. The song uses the cadence from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., in August 1963…

Here’s Duke Ellington’s King Fit the Battle of Alabam’, from My People Original Soundtrack recorded in Aug. 1963…

Here’s Grant Green’s The Selma March from His Majesty King Funk from May 1965, featuring Harold Vick (ts), Larry Young (org), Grant Green (g), Ben Dixon (d) and Candido Camero (cga)…

Here’s Blue Mitchell’s March on Selma in July 1965 from Mitchell’s Down With It, featuring Blue Mitchell (tp), Junior Cook (ts), Chick Corea (p), Gene Taylor (b) and Aloysius Foster (d)…

Here’s Billy Taylor playing I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free from 1967, with Ben Tucker (b) and Grady Tate (d)…

Here’s Martin Luther King Jr. by Cecil Payne in Dec. 1968 following King’s assassination in April 1968. The track is from Payne’s Zodiac album, with Kenny Dorham (tp), Cecil Payne (bar), Wynton Kelly (p), Wilbur Ware (b) and Albert “Tootie” Heath (d)…

Here’s Oliver Nelson’s Martin Was a Man, A Real Man, from Black, Brown and Beautiful in 1969…

       

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On this day in Music On this Day January 16, 2009

Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort. The Culture Club frontman denied the charge at Snaresbrook crown court and claimed the victim, Norwegian Audun Carlsen, 29, had stolen photos from his laptop. The singer told police he invited Carlsen back to his home after a cocaine-fuelled pornographic photo shoot in January, 2007, because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer.
He admitted handcuffing Carlsen to a wall in April 2007 but said he did so in order to trace the missing property.

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