Nine hours on a bus from Berlin to Cologne/Bonn airport where Olivia’s Dad Gerd is picking us up. On the bus, a driver that told us we couldn’t eat and only use the loo in an emergency. “No crumbling food” he said in German, “kein krümeliges Essen”. So I provocatively pulled out my cadbury’s flake […]
The North East has spawned some of the greatest Rock stars England has ever produced. Hailing from Washington, Tyne and Weir, son of a miner, Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music exploded onto the music scene in 1972 with this groundbreaking Art Rock classic. In an era that mostly kept singles and albums separate, Virginia Plain didn’t […]
The Unthanks are sisters Rachel and Becky from Northumberland. Originally the band was known as Rachel Unthank And The Winterset and consisted of Rachel, Becky, Belinda O’Hooley on piano and Jackie Oates on viola. They released their debut album in 2005 and it won Mojo magazine’s award as Folk Album Of The Year. A second album followed […]
From the album In The Wake Of Poseidon released on Island Records in 1970 and featuring a line up of ex-band members returning as session musicians – Michael Giles on drums, Peter Giles on bass and Greg Lake on vocals and acoustic, with Keith Tippett on piano and leading light Robert Fripp on guitar. Even […]
With the World Cup being played out in Brazil at the moment and the legendary seventies Brazilian team still strong in the memory, it’s worth mentioning that there was something else happening over there in 1974. This is a clip of King Crimson on Brazilian TV performing the song Starless, reflecting the musical climate of […]