[Music] In The Court of the Crimson King, by King Crimson: An album cover art story — The Music Aficionado

Pete Sinfield was in need of an album cover. Having served as roadie, light man, lyricist and a general conceptualizer for a new band named King Crimson, he was now tasked with the matter of finding a way to package the strange music the band was committing to tape in the recording studio. Wasting no…

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[Music] FRANK ZAPPA – “Hot Rats” 50th Anniversary — The Fat Angel Sings

Hot Rats was released 10th October in 1969! “The Hot Rats Sessions” box set celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest albums in the history of recorded music, and will be released on December 20th . The original 1969 Frank Zappa album was the first to be recorded on a prototype 16-Track Tape Machine. […]

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[Music] Ric Ocasek found dead today — PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture

Sad news from New York tonight. Ric Ocasek was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday, law enforcement confirmed. Some reports say he was 75 and some say he was 70. Ric wrote some of the best pop hits of the late seventies and eighties for the Cars. The Cars were a big part […]

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[Music] On the Corner, by Miles DavisAn album cover art story — The Music Aficionado

Few albums in the history of jazz created as much controversy as On the Corner, the album Miles Davis released in 1972. Stylistically, the music had very little to do with the jazz tradition, and was a departure from Davis’ already out-there jazz-rock explorations found on Bitches Brew and Live Evil, released a couple of…

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[Music] THE STORY OF DAMON AND HIS PSYCHEDELIC CULT CLASSIC, SONG OF A GYPSY. — dereksmusicblog

The Story Of Damon and His Psychedelic Cult Classic, Song Of A Gypsy. For any collector of psychedelia whose fortunate enough to find a copy of Damon’s Song Of A Gypsy, it quickly becomes one of their most prized possessions. Sadly, finding an original copy of Song Of A Gypsy is another thing. It’s one of the rarest psychedelic […]

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[Music] RUTH GARBUS – Kleinmeister (Orindal, 2019) — music won’t save you

RUTH GARBUS – Kleinmeister (Orindal, 2019)* Non è un semplice album di cantautorato femminile il secondo lavoro sulla lunga distanza di Ruth Garbus, artista del Vermont che da solista ha pubblicato un altro paio di Ep nel corso di oltre un decennio, nel quale è stata tra l’altro voce e batterista degli Happy Birthday, band […]

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[Music] Mr. Bungle Reuniting For First Shows In 20 Years  — Avant Music News

Source: Stereogum. The experimental rock band Mr. Bungle are reuniting for their first live shows in almost 20 years. The band’s most recent album was 1999’s California — it celebrated its 20th anniversary just last month — and the band played their last live show the following year. As Metal Sucks reports, the group will […]

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[Music] Thomas Demenga: J. S. Bach – Suiten für Violoncello (ECM New Series 2530/31) — Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond

Thomas Demenga J. S. Bach: Suiten für Violoncello Thomas Demenga violoncello Recorded February 2014, Hans Huber-Saal, Basel Engineer: Laurentius Bonitz Executive producer: Manfred Eicher Release date: October 27, 2017 The Cello Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach, like his Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, are touchstones for listeners and performers alike. In the latter sense, Thomas […]

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