It’s difficult to blame Lindsey Buckingham for having a chip on his shoulder. He’s the studio mastermind, the live spark, and the restless creator behind the imperious pop era of Fleetwood Mac. But Buckingham is little known by the general…
If you look at my favourite album per year list, both of these artists have already had a year’s best album this decade. The two albums this week are the sequels, and they’re both excellent. Avalon Emerson Written Into Changes…
Credits 3 LOVE HATE REVENGE – Episode Six (U.K.)(Ritchie Adams/Irwin Levine) PERSONNEL/IAN GILLAN: vocals * TONY LANDER: lead guitar * GRAHAM CARTER-DIMMOCK: guitar, vocals * SHEILA CARTER-DIMMOCK: organ, vocals * ROGER GLOVER: bass * HARVEY SHIELDS: drumsProduced by JOHN SCHROEDERRecorded…
Can you link an image of a 1970s band to an iconic hit? I scored 18 I think 20 is attainable; I just made a couple of silly mistakes. Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored the fastest 25/25 for the…
Along with the lead singer and the flashy lead guitarist, the drummer’s often a focal point in a band. I’ve picked ten of my favourite drummers. My list is a little different than the standard, for a couple of reasons.…
Two very different albums this week – the succinct, retro power-pop of Mod Lang, and the sprawling, forward-looking house of Sun-El Musician. I like both artists, but both albums are a little flawed. Read on for details! Mod Lang Borrowed…
Bob Hudson’s acoustic comedy ‘The Newcastle Song’ spawned an answer song … also written by Bob Hudson. Bob Hudson Sydney’s Bob Hudson trained as a geography teacher, then became a psychiatric nurse. He also began a side career as a…
Can you link an image of a 1970s artist to an iconic hit? I scored 24/25, struggling with differentiating between women with afros. Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover, who scored the fastest 25/25 in last week’s 1960s hit quiz. You may…
by Myles Tanzer, Illustrated by Ali Mac My two daughters are voracious learners, so when we found this book about 80 notable musicians on the library shelves we borrowed it. My older daughter is 9, and she’s probably at the…
Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal began their recording careers in a terrible band named Graduate, known for the track ‘Elvis Should Play Ska’. Resenting the control of the other, non-songwriting members, Orzabal and Smith formed the duo Tears for Fears.…
