2024-04-14 14:59
"Southern Freeez" by Freeez Single cover In the 70's and 80's this music style evolved called Britfunk. The term was invented by club DJ's and James Hamilton of Record Mirror who owned… Read More
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2024-03-31 10:06
Harmonie der nördlichen Flora (1927)Paul Klee was the son of a music teacher Hans Wilhelm Klee and his mother Ida arie Frick was a singer. He was born on the 18th of December 1879. He a… Read More
2024-03-16 10:20
After the first two albums by Yes it was time for a change. Since the first two albums were not very succesfull their record company considered droping them. Tony Banks was replaced by Steve… Read More
2024-03-03 13:14
Street Dresden (1908)Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria on the 6th of May 1880. In 1901 he completed his formal education before he began studying architecture at the K… Read More
2024-02-24 10:44
Nicholas Rodney Drake (Nick Drake) was born in Burma on 19 Juni 1948. His father Rodney Shuttleworth moved there to work as an engineer with the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. He met his… Read More
2024-02-17 16:47
First logoIt all started with the Earls Court Hippies at the end of the 60's and one of them was Richard Branson who was the editor of a magazine called "Student". He suffered from dyslexia… Read More
2024-02-10 14:47
After the successful album "The Queen Is Dead" the Smiths started working on their next album and last for Rough Trade with the intention to contract another record company afterwards. Johnn… Read More
2024-02-04 13:52
In 1966 the Beatles released their last album before they retired as live performers. It marked the beginning of their psychedelic period. It was titled "Revolver". A double A-side sing… Read More
2024-01-27 12:26
One of the best new wave bands from the UK is XTC with their mixture of new wave and post punk. Today I will introduce you to their in my opinion best albums. Andy Partridge (guitars an… Read More
2024-01-21 14:19
Jon Anderson never had a desire to become a singer but when his brother joined a band called (Electric) Warriors and their background singer left the band Jon could take his place. The Warri… Read More
2024-01-13 15:07
In the summer of 1966 Brian Wilson concentrated on finishing the next Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations" as a long structured song taking a long time to record. With the success of "Pet So… Read More
2024-01-07 14:44
Jasper Johns was born on May 15th 1930 in Augusta, Georgia. He spent his early life with his grandparents in South Carolina after the divorce of his parents and started painting at the age o… Read More
2023-12-24 12:51
Fernand Léger was born in Argentan (Orne) France on February 4th 1881. His father was a cattle farmer. He was trained as an architect before moving to Paris in 1900 to start a career… Read More
2023-12-17 12:09
In 1967 the Beatles made a TV movie titled "Magical Mystery Tour". A double EP and a LP were released as a soundtrack. The EP includes most part of the song of the movie. The LP also include… Read More
2023-12-16 13:50
Curved air was a band formed in 1970 by musicians from different artistic backgrounds. Their music styles were progressive rock, psychedelic, folk, classical and fusion. The group evolv… Read More
2023-11-26 12:38
Styx started their career in progressive rock in 1972. The first line up of the band was Dennis DeYoung, James Young, John Curulewski and brothers Chuck and John Panozzo. In 1976 John C… Read More
2023-11-05 12:20
Throughout the years album covers were censored for reasons that norms and values in those times were not accepting things. In most cases we can buy the albums nowadays with the covers as ho… Read More
2023-10-07 09:47
Ismism is the 4th album by Godley & Creme released in October 1981. In the US the album was released with a different title "Snack Attack". The album reached #29 in the UK, #28 in the Ne… Read More
2023-09-03 11:35
During his teenage years Cat Stevens (Steven Demetre Georgiou) was heavily influenced by the Beates and the Stones but also the folk music of Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel. Steven's older… Read More
2023-08-27 12:25
While Mick Jagger scored headline pages following his marriage to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías, Keith Richards was in a Swiss rehab clinic to put the brakes on his heroin usage. Th… Read More
2023-07-23 12:17
Irmin Schmidth (classical composer, conductor and pianist) made a trip to New York in 1966 where he was influenced by Avant Garde musicians Steve Reich, La Monte Young and Terry Riley… Read More
2023-07-09 09:32
Philip Parris Lynott was born on the 20th of August in 1949. Son of Philomena (his mother from Dublin) and Cecil Parris (his father from British Guiana). They were not married and his mother… Read More
2023-06-17 12:41
In 1975 Lou Reed released the worst album of his career titled "Metal Machine Music". The album was his answer to the pressure by RCA to release a new album quick. The album was a protest ag… Read More
2023-06-11 07:42
Detail of the America window in ChicagoMarc Chagall made many stained glass windows all over the world besides other large artworks like the ceiling of the Paris Opera. Below I will give you… Read More
2023-06-10 17:07
Detail of the America window in ChicagoMarc Chagall made many stained glass windows all over the world besides other large artworks like the ceiling of the Paris Opera. Below I will give you… Read More
2023-06-03 10:21
Self portrait as the sorcerer - 1952René Margritte was born in the Belgian town called Lessen on the 21st of November 1898. He grew up in a family with 3 sons. His father L&eacu&hell…Read More
2023-05-29 13:55
After the US world tour supporting Herman Hermits the Who started working on a new album of which the first single "I Can See For Miles" reached #28 in the Netherlands, #10 in the UK a… Read More
2023-05-20 08:53
After recording the first song for the fifth 10cc album "Deceptive Bends", titled "Voodoo Boogie" and renamed later to "People In Love", the tensions between the 2 duos within the band reach… Read More
2023-05-14 12:23
In 1985 Kate Bush released her fifth album titled "Hound Of Love". It is in fact also experimental like her previous album "The Dreaming" and introducing traditional folk music ("Jig Of Life… Read More
2023-04-27 09:37
Self Portrait With Yellow Christ (1891)Paul Gauguin's father was a journalist from Orléans (France) and his mother was of French and Peruvian descent. After Napoleon III became empero… Read More
2023-04-23 11:49
Peter Gabriel announced his departure at a press meeting during their "Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" word tour in Cleveland (Ohio) in January 1976. He wanted to start working on his first solo… Read More
2023-04-15 14:19
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg was born in Port Arthur (Texas) as a son of Dora Carolina of dutch descent and Ernest R. Rauschenberg of German and Cherokee ancestry. He also has a sister Janet B… Read More
2023-04-10 08:48
Bernard Sumner (guitarist/keyboards) and Peter Hook (Bassist) formed the band Warsaw (inspired by the song "Warszawa " from David Bowie) after attending a live performance by the Sex Pistols… Read More
2023-04-01 13:43
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti was born on 15 October 1938 in Abeokuta and raised by anti-colonial parents. As an artist he used the name Fela (Ransome) Kuti. Fela is a cousin to the… Read More
2023-04-01 09:05
In April 1969 David Bowie married to Angela Barnett (AKA Angie - remember the song by the Rolling Stones, it's about her). She had a big influence on his career. He was pursuaded by her to f… Read More
2023-03-26 15:46
Peter Saville is an english director and graphic designer who co-founded Factory Records in 1978 together with Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. While Martin Hannett was the household recor… Read More
2023-03-26 10:25
Leonardo da Vinci, officially known as Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci which means Leonardo son of Piero from the hill town called Vinci, was born on the 15th of April 1452. Besides pain… Read More
2023-03-12 13:08
Neu! which is german for new was the name of the krautrock band founded in 1971 by Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger in Düsseldorf. The word neu was the most used word in the advertising… Read More
2023-02-25 14:49
Abbey Road runs through Camden and Westminster districts of London and is simply named after the abbey that once was there. A footpath led to that Abbey and a city villa was build next to th… Read More
2023-01-14 12:56
In 1977 Mick (real name: Michael) Jackson recorded “Blame It On The Boogie” hoping he could sell the song to Stevie Wonder. That never happened. Eventually his publisher offered… Read More
2022-12-04 13:41
Jackson 5 - Christmas AlbumJackson 5 - Christmas Album (1970)Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town / The Christmas Song / Up on the House Top / Frosty the Sn… Read More
2022-11-20 13:34
In early 1981 Hall & Oates had their first #1 hit in the US titled "Kiss On My List" while the band was working on their next album "Private Eyes" in New York. The song was written… Read More
2022-10-09 12:52
Dire Straits were a very talented band arriving in the punk era. Their music wasn't punk at all but music focusing on guitar play with Bob Dylan like lyrics. The band already had lots of exp… Read More
2022-09-25 09:44
For those who never heard of Krautrock. It is a music style from Germany. In general it is from bands doing experimental music in the late 60's/early 70's. They all sound completely differen… Read More
2022-08-20 12:24
In 1974 George Harrison was rehearsing for a North American tour and worked on his fifth studio album at the same time. He seperated from his wife Pattie Boyd leading to a divorce in 1977. M… Read More
2022-03-13 10:49
During the recording of the 10cc album "How Dare You" (1975) frictions started to increase between 2 parts of 10cc. Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman on one side and Kevin Godley and Lol Crem… Read More
2022-02-27 17:37
Eno in 1974Brian Peter George Eno was born on the 15th of May in Melton (Suffolk) as a son of a postal worker and clock/watch repairer. Brian is the oldest of 3 children. The others are his… Read More
2022-01-29 11:18
Roy Harper was born in Rusholme (Manchester) in 1941. His mother died three weeks after he was born. As a child from the age of 6 he lived in St. Annes-on-Sea which he describes as being "li… Read More
2022-01-23 12:50
Brothers Ray and Dave Davies started their own band called the Ray Davies Quartet including also Pete Quaife and his friend John Start. They lived in Muswell Hill (north London). The band ha… Read More
2022-01-09 09:02
In the mid 1960's the band The Red Roosters were formed by Guitarist Randy Wolfe, bassist Mark Andes and vocalist Jay Ferguson in Los Angeles. Wolfe moved to New York where he met Jimi Hendr… Read More
2022-01-02 14:28
Famous album/single covers by popart artists:David Bowie - Without you (Keith Haring)Malcolm McLaren - Duck rock (Keith Haring) Rolling Stones - Sticky fingers (Andy Warhol)Velvet Undergroun… Read More
2021-12-30 11:10
In 1971 Cat Stevens released his fifth studio album titled "Teaser And The Firecat" as a follow-up to the successful "Tea For The Tillerman" (also reviewed in my blog). Picture of the c… Read More
2021-12-27 09:01
Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17th in 1952. He is a composer, pianist and actor. His musical style varies from classic to pop music. He started his career while still studying at the… Read More
2021-12-25 09:50
Ian Anderson in the 70'sIan Anderson, Jeffrey Hammond and John Evan (originally Evans) knew each other form grammar school in Blackpool (UK) and formed the John Evan Band (later the John Eva… Read More
2021-11-29 08:15
Recently I discovered Frank Zappa and until now this is my top 3 of best Zappa albums. We're only in it for the money (1968)Sleep dirt (1979)Hot Rats (1969)Frank Vincent Zappa was born… Read More
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