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Linley Hamilton: Making Other Arrangements

Read "Making Other Arrangements" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 25, 2018

With albums like Taylor Made (Lyte Records, 2011) and In Transition (Lyte Records, 2014), trumpeter Linley Hamilton established himself as a virtuoso and bandleader of some note, surrounding himself with Ireland's finest established players while nurturing the island's best of the up-and-coming talent. With Making Other Arrangements (Teddy D Records, 2018) Hamilton enlists an eighteen-piece band ...

Article: Interview

Linley Hamilton: Strings Attached

by Ian Patterson
April 17, 2018

Nearly all recordings are labours of love. Passion and a huge amount of work are the essential ingredients. Some recordings in particular, however, mark the realization of a life-long dream. For Northern Irish trumpeter, BBC jazz broadcaster and university lecturer Linley Hamilton, Making Other Arrangements (Teddy D Records, 2018) is just such a recording.

Article: Book Review

Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968

by Doug Collette
April 14, 2018

Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 Ryan H. Walsh 368 Pages ISBN: # 978-0735221345 Penguin Press 2018 Before thoroughly delving into Ryan H. Walsh's Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, a reader can thumb randomly through its three-hundred fifty-some pages and find nary a reference to ...

Article: Film Review

Van Morrison In Concert

by Doug Collette
February 17, 2018

Van Morrison In Concert Eagle Rock Video 2018 The video equivalent of last fall's pair of albums, Versatile (Legacy, 2017) and Roll with the Punches (Caroline, 2017), Van Morrison's In Concert is comprised of not just one, but two concerts. The main feature was recorded for the BBC Music In ...

Album

The Authorized Bang Collection

By Van Morrison

Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2017
Track listing: CD 1 – The Original Masters: Brown Eyed Girl; He Ain’t Give You None; T.B. Sheets; Spanish Rose; Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye); Ro Ro Rosey; . Who Drove The Red Sports Car; Midnight Special; It’s All Righ; Send Your Mind; The Smile You Smile; The Back Room; Joe Harper Saturday Morning; Beside You; Madame George; Chick-A-Boom; The Smile You Smile. CD 2 – Bang Sessions & Rarities: Brown Eyed Girl; Ro Ro Rosey; T.B. Sheets; Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye); Send Your Mind; Midnight Special; He Ain’t Give You None; Ro Ro Rosey; Who Drove The Red Sports Car; Beside You; Joe Harper Saturday Morning; Beside You; Spanish Rose; Brown Eyed Girl; Brown Eyed Girl. CD3 – Contractual Obligation Session: Twist And Shake; Shake And Roll; Stomp And Scream; Scream And Holler; Jump And Thump; Drivin’ Wheel; Just Ball; Shake It Mable; Hold On George; The Big Royalty Check; Ring Worm; Savoy Hollywood; Freaky If You Got This Far; Up Your Mind; Thirty Two; All The Bits; You Say France And I Whistle; Blowin’ Your Nose; Nose In Your Blow; La Mambo; Go For Yourself; Want A Danish; Here Comes Dumb George; Chickee Coo; Do It; Hang On Groovy; Goodbye George; Dum Dum George; Walk And Talk; The Wobble; Wobble And Ball.

Article: Multiple Reviews

Rock Candy: Montrose (eponymous) & Paper Money

by Doug Collette
December 29, 2017

The late Ronnie Montrose was a guitar hero for our times if there ever was one. An uncommon combination of skills in which he fused as much finesse as power enabled him to assume him a wide-ranging series of sideman gigs and solo projects, the dual results of which were, unfortunately, inextricably intertwined: he was impossible ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Van Morrison: Roll With The Punches & Versatile

by Doug Collette
December 17, 2017

Van Morrison's disenchantment with the business underpinnings of his creative output has been a continuing theme of his work over the years. It's always been something of a self-serving state of mind, but never so much so with the release of two very similarly-conceived and executed albums, on two different labels, within three months of each ...

News: Music Industry

Inside Music Analytics: Chris Stapleton Has More In Common With Etta James, Van Morrison, Otis Redding Than You Think

December 8, 2017

In this piece Glenn Peoples looks at the rise of Chris Stapleton's cross genre success with is cover of “Tennessee Whiskey" and how the soulful country number has been able to capture the attention of audiences typically more focused on R&B/soul legends. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora, of Medium “Tennessee ...

Article: Lyrics

Nuove Orchestre Alla Ribalta

by Angelo Leonardi
September 6, 2017

Da anni non si vedevano all'opera tanti nuovi ensemble, sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa. Le cinque formazioni che presentiamo spaziano da quella giovanile come l'italiana New Talents Jazz Orchestra guidata da Mario Corvini (Extempora) alla big band di John Beasley ricca di stelle (Monk'estra -Vol. 1); dai progetti norvegesi del pianista Rune Klakegg (Fjon) ...

Article: Album Review

Steven Wilson: To the Bone

Read "To the Bone" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 26, 2017

From the moment that he decided to “go solo"--despite his previous flagship group, Porcupine Tree, beginning in the late '80s as a solo project that only evolved into a group when it became popular enough to necessitate putting together a band in order to perform live--Steven Wilson has, in many ways, defied categorization and expectation, while ...