Tag: The Byrds

Dan Tyminski

Dan Tyminski

by | Nov 23, 2018

The American singer-songwriter is in London for the promo on his dark artefact of a new album. We meet Dan to get the lowdown on the project and he answers all queries in this conversation hinging on how songs communicate. Thanks, Mr T…

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Matthews Southern Comfort – Like A Radio

Matthews Southern Comfort – Like A Radio

by | Feb 24, 2018

Out of the blue and with a band of Dutch musicians whose grip on this artist’s feel for roots and folk music and vintage and modern Americana is eminently displayed here…a new album from Iain Matthews and the new Matthews Southern Comfort!

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Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

by | Sep 17, 2017

There’s always room for a Janis Ian compilation album and this double might be the strongest yet. It certainly has lots of highlights and for the newcomer to this stalwart artist’s work will be a revelation. Broadly chronological, this is a trip through a creative artist’s world and back again. Quite a trip from guesting on the very first Saturday Night Live TV show to filling concert halls worldwide today…

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Dixie Chicks – DCX MMXVI

Dixie Chicks – DCX MMXVI

by | Sep 17, 2017

Sooner or later a great live act will be tempted to get the best of their stuff out on a CD / DVD set and here is the country-rock trio’s offering on three discs. These performances were recorded on a set of US and Canadian dates and it sounds as though they were fun. Selling 30 million albums must teach you something, in this case it was plainly how to entertain and put together a fine setlist.

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Chuck Berry – Chuck

Chuck Berry – Chuck

by | Jul 2, 2017

Described by some as America’s Greatest Living Poet, Charles Berry took his T Bone Walker and Muddy Waters influences and crafted a unique body of rock’n’roll and blues songs of classic, timeless quality.

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Pelle Almqvist (The Hives)

Pelle Almqvist (The Hives)

by | Jun 29, 2017

Swedish rock band The Hives have a series of successful albums under their belt including ‘Barely Legal’ and ‘The Black and White Album’. With a set at Green Day’s British Summertime Festival in London imminent Pete sat down for an exclusive chat with frontman Pelle:

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David Crosby – Lighthouse

David Crosby – Lighthouse

by | Nov 15, 2016

Crosby’s art can take many musical forms. This release takes an overall mellow path but his history takes in a staggering range of moods and tempo’s. Take The Byrds’ Lady Friend – it bursts with raging drums, emphatic bass, ringing electric twelve string, an ominous staccato brass arrangement, a lyric of loss with no trace of self-pity

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