Results for "David Cross"

David Cross

Early days: 1949-1960 Father was a church and cinema organist and played piano in dance bands. David started learning violin at the age of nine. First violin bought from a junk shop for £1.00. Played right back for school football team. Education: 1960-1967 Secondary school: A levels in Latin, Greek and Ancient History. Rugby player (Captain and Scrum-half). Started improvising. 1967-1970 Certificate of Education specialising in Music and Drama. Leader of College Orchestra. Formed folk rock band. 1993-1995 M.A. in Performing Arts (interdisciplinary performances, papers on structure in post-modern art music, the hermeneutics of rock journalism). Career: 1970-1972 Musician, Composer

Nothing is Sacred

By MARKUS REUTER

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Nothing is Sacred (Dice II); The Occult (Dice I); Bubble Bubble Bubble Bath (Wink); Solve et Coagula (Ghost I); Bubble Bubble Bubble Song (Sighs).

Mark Sullivan's Best Releases of 2020

By MARK SULLIVAN

Despite the circumstances, this was a high volume year for album releases, rich in both quantity and quality. Mine is not a ranked listing, but more or less in reverse chronological order. Since I wrote fewer album reviews than average, for the first time I have included several releases that I did not review myself.

Markus Reuter Times Three: Oculus, Shapeshifters & Sun Trance

By MARK SULLIVAN

Markus Reuter wears many hats: touch guitarist; composer; improviser; soundscaper; and producer. This trio of simultaneous MoonJune Records releases (one technically a reissue) offer an opportunity to sample his music in all of those aspects. Markus Reuter Oculus Nothing is Sacred MoonJune Records 2020 “Oculus" is the name ...

Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008

By JOHN KELMAN

Yet another year, yet another characteristically detailed and chronologically contextualized King Crimson mega-box set. Except that 2019 is no typical year. And Heaven & Earth is no typical King Crimson box set. While Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008 completes (well, almost) the series of box sets documenting King ...

King Crimson: Live in Newcastle, December 8, 1972

By JOHN KELMAN

"Never say never," or so the old adage goes. When it comes to music, there are two more that should be added: “farewell tour" and, most certainly as it relates to King Crimson's Live in Newcastle, December 8, 1972, “the complete recordings." This, the 48th in the veteran group's King Crimson Collector's Club series of archival ...

Another Day

By DAVID CROSS

Label: Cherry Red Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Predator; Bushido; Last Ride; Going Nowhere; Trane to Kiev; Millenium Toll; Arrival; Come Again; Breaking Bad; Mr. Morose; Anthem for Another Day; Time Gentlemen, Please.

Crossing the Tracks

By DAVID CROSS

Label: Cleopatra Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: David Cross: violin; Jurgen Engler: keys, programming; Sonja Kraushofer: vocals (1), Anne-Marie Hurst: vocals (3), Ofra Haza: vocals (5, 11); Kimerly Freeman: vocals (7); Marion Küchenmeister: vocals (9); Eva O: vocals (12).

Ends Meeting

By DAVID CROSS

Label: Cherry Red Records
Released: 2018