It’s the mid sixties, you want to play in band, you are female, you are black and your instrument is the trumpet. Somehow Cynthia Robinson made the impossible happen by joining up with Sly Stewart in 1966. Huge success followed with hit singles like, Dance To The Music, Everyday People and Family Affair as Sly […]
Drummer, manipulator of the synthesizer, manipulator of the guitar, graphic artist and groundbreaking experimental Ambient, Industrial, Electronic, Techno and Krautrock innovator, Dieter Moebius will be remembered as one of the most important contributors to music so influential that it has penetrated deep into 21st century culture. It’s hard not to hear his and his collaborators and […]
Any fan of British folk music became aware of John Renbourn and Bert Jansch (3rd November 1943 – 5th October 2011) in the Sixties as the guitarists from Pentangle. The band existed between 1967 – 1973 with Jacqui McShee on vocals, Danny Thompson on bass and Terry Cox On Drums. Their blend of Folk, Jazz and […]
“There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address”. These are the words of Edgar Froese who died suddenly last Tuesday as a result of a pulmonary embolism, he was 70 years old. Froese was the founder of the hugely influential Tangerine Dream along with Conrad Schnitzler and Klaus Schulze. Both of them left after the […]
There’s nothing quite so sad as a death just before Christmas, especially when it’s an iconic figure like Joe Cocker. His most memorable moment came in 1969 with his blistering version of The Beatles’ With A Little Help From My Friends and his memorable performance of the song at the Woodstock Festival. His voice was absolutely […]
One of the great white blues players Johnny Winter has died in Zurich only days after playing a European Festival. In the seventies we were always fascinated by Johnny Winter and his brother Edgar with their long white hair. A rumour at the time was that born albino, this genetic condition would only allow them short lives. […]