Richard Sinclair

Who Do You Think We Are?

by John Kelman
September 5, 2021

Trying to find a distinct definition of what has come to be known as “The Canterbury Sound" is as elusive as attempting to describe what, in the jazz world, has become an overused epithet for the German ECM Records label and “The ECM Sound." Attempts to do so usually fail short because, rather than being actual truths, their broad brushstrokes invariably miss the mark, even if they are sometimes not entirely incorrect. That said, Caravan has long been ...

Richard Sinclair on new Strange Attractor LP!

Source: All About Jazz
November 29, 2005

You might be interested to hear that Richard Sinclair (Hatfield and the North, Caravan) features on two tracks on the new LP by Strange Attractor; a band by members of The Legendary Pink Dots and Sonar Lodge. It is called “Rorschach II" and will be released in december 2005. I believe he sings an old Caravan text on one track ("Dreamtime"), and lays down some astounding fretless bass playing on the second ("In the end it's all pretend"). The music ...
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Richard Sinclair and Other Canterbury Legends Featured in Series of Concerts

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2005

Richard Sinclair, bassist and vocalist for bands including the legendary Canterbury groups Hatfield and the North and Caravan, will be performing live in an around the London area in the next few weeks. This is also a good time to catch Richard with some of the ex-members of Hatfield as they prepare for the release of Hatwise Choice, a collection of archival live and BBC recordings at the end of January (available from Burning Shed).

Sunday January 23rd ...
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