Roger Waters returns next month with his first studio album in 25 years. To get a taste of what it’s like you can listen to three new songs that have been released as either audio (Smell The Roses and Déjà Vu) or video (The Last Refugee) including a live version of Déjà Vu on Stephen Colbert’s […]
September 18th seems to be a popular date to release a new album in mega-star land as Dave Gilmour releases a new track from his forthcoming, first album in 10 years, Rattle That Lock. The first single might be a little too aware of the need to succeed, too in need to tick all the boxes, catchy […]
Lesley Duncan was a singer-songwriter born in Stockton-On-Tees in 1943 and although she released singles on Parlophone, Mercury, RCA, CBS and Columbia between 1963 and 1970 she didn’t release her first album until 1971. She had become a regular session-singer, singing back up vocals for lots of different artists including, Dusty Springfield and The Walker […]
Pink Floyd live in 1971 prior to the release of their forthcoming album Meddle with tracks presented (in his inimitable way) by John Peel. This was The Pink Floyd we loved, investigating sounds, jamming, mixing songs with extended instrumental pieces, creating atmospheres and in this set playing a song that didn’t appear on any of their studio albums, Embryo. […]
Like The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd have not had the creative fire burning inside of them since the release of The Wall 35 years ago (or in The Stones case parts of Tattoo You, an album of outtakes from a richer period in their history). As Roger Waters indulged his demons on The Final Cut (1983) and […]
One of the most influential records that led me to immerse myself in music was the Syd Barrett song, See Emily Play by The Pink Floyd (in those days there was a prefix). The record had such a wonderful sound and Emily seemed to be such a mysterious and magical figure – Emily dwelled in a fantasy land […]