Music
A bit backward
Friday 08 June 2007
BLAZING a trail, like a set of indie scenesters, straight through Camden, it will come as no surprise to all and sundry that the pseudo-politically monikered Metro Riots hail from London.
Racked with brilliance
Tuesday 05 June 2007
HAMMOND B3 organist Melvin Rhyne was born in Indianapolis in 1936, some 11 years after his fellow Naptown confrere Wes Montgomery. And it was accompanying Montgomery's miraculous guitar during his 1960s heyday that Rhyne first achieved jazz prominence on key albums such as Boss Guitar or A Dynamic Jazz Sound.
A special Sergeant
Friday 01 June 2007
KARL DALLAS maintains that, despite a dressing-down by rock critic Clinton Heylin, Sergeant Pepper remains an all-time great album.
Still the voice of the masses
Friday 01 June 2007
TRANSCENDING its damp surroundings, The Manic Street Preachers' anthem to alienation Motorcycle Emptiness soars freely tonight.
Sonic cinematic experience
Friday 01 June 2007
THROBBING Gristle's pioneering forays into industrial music experimentation in the late 1970s and their controversial live shows led to MPs denouncing them as the wreckers of civilisation.
Big achievement
Friday 01 June 2007
SHEFFIELD has a long-established and thriving popular music scene, with a track record of producing exceptional talent of the calibre of Joe Cocker, Pulp, the Human League, Heaven 17, Richard Hawley and, most recently, Little Man Tate and the Arctic Monkeys.
Worldwide mix
Friday 01 June 2007
I HAD a pink martini once. It was a bit sickly and, frankly, made the morning after a real gut-wrencher.
Top Irish tunes
Friday 01 June 2007
FOR traditional Irish music fans, some of whom may still be getting over the shock of Dervish's participation in the Eurovision song contest - they came last - these performances, taken from the last 10 years of Irish language TV channel TG4's highly praised traditional music series Geantrai, could be the perfect antidote.
A festival for real folk
Tuesday 29 May 2007
In a delightful Yorkshire village, DENIS ROBB finds a new folk festival with a strong focus on tradition.