“Pierre Henry was born in Paris, France, and began experimenting at the age of 15 with sounds produced by various objects. He became fascinated with the integration of noise into music. He studied withNadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, and Félix Passerone at the Paris Conservatoire from 1938 to 1948 (Dhomont 2001).Between 1949 and 1958, Henry […]
Though The Clash made this tune famous in its generation, the original version was performed by The Equals, who featured a very young Eddy Grant as a member of the band.
There was no way I’d miss an opportunity to share a timely piece by The Man In Black.
Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist whose fluid picking propelled Elvis Presley’s first recordings for Sun Records, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to Memphis newspaper the Commercial Appeal. He was 84. Moore was a member of a local country combo in Memphis when he was drafted by Sun owner Sam Phillips to support……
via Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley’s Guitarist, Dies at 84 — Variety
Françoise Hardy in repose You can labor shoulder to shoulder with someone for days, weeks and years on end, share life’s joys and travails, get into and out of all manner of scrapes (these latter usually initiated by said comrade) and, ultimately, feel that a true rapport has been earned, that you really know who […]
via NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #95 ~ 06-25-16] — No Condition Is Permanent
Bernie Worrell, who helped shape the sounds of Parliament-Funkadelic, and added a rich, funky palette to the Talking Heads, has died of cancer. He was 72 years old.
I never wanted to turn my blog into an obituary list, but it seems that 2016 is the year to do that. The legendary violinist of Fairport Convention has passed on. The New York Times’ Jon Pareles writes about Dave’s passing here.
Before Industrial music changed experimental music into something far more sinister, Daphne Oram and her contemporaries were having fun making odd sounds.
Turkish rock musician and experimentalist Fikret Kızılok was one of the key figures of Turkey’s Anatolian Rock scene during the 60s and 70s. He’s paired here with Edip Akbayram, who still performs today.
Spain’s greatest beat group, Los Bravos scored a huge hit in the United States with this tune in 1966. Unfortunately, by 1967, the group began to disintegrate after the suicide of organist Manuel Fernández, who had just lost his bride to an auto accident.
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