Music today has been Estonian composer Arvo Pärt‘s Fratres (from Tabula Rasa), turned into a ballet (Liturgy) by New York City Ballet resident choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I AM NOW, featured on my main website. Read the […]
Music today has been Henry Cow’s Unrest (1974), experimental, progressive, a bit jazzy and odd, what more could you want as a contrast to Neil Diamond, enjoying both in the context of their separate skills. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO WHERE I […]
Music today has been that classic record from Crosby, If I Only Could Remember My Name (1971). What? You don’t have it? Whilst listening and buying The Stones, The Beatles, Dylan, Mayall, Hunter, and Mott the Hoople, get that one too. Then start on the artists you have never heard of – while they are […]
Music today has been ZZ Top‘s Tejas, of course as a musical mainstream going-away present. I did find out that “Tejas” means friends in the dying Native American language Caddo, the origin of the name Texas. In 1997, there were just 25 speakers of the language. Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this […]
Music today has been Montrose, a real rocker from 1973. It was the debut album of guitarist Ronnie Montrose and starred singer Sammy Hagar, drummer Denny Carmassi and bassist Bill Church. We played this record to death when we were 15, it’s hard to shake off nearly sixty years later. Sadly Montrose died from a […]
Music today has been The Beatles‘ White Album with a difference. Released in 1968, it seemed that some of the titles were just too much for some cultures. William had seen this album with a difference in a record store and realised that it was a perfect purchase for the archive, and so he bought […]