Monthly Archives: January 2023

Philippe Margotin: Pop Rock Icons

January 21, 2023

Aurora Metro 2022 Subtitled “London’s Swingin’ 60s & 70s” and reflecting cultural changes through the prism of music, here’s a volume which goes to 11 and is all the better for it. People approaching this tome may be tempted to … Continue reading →

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WISHBONE ASH Celebrate The “Argus” Anniversary With A Box Set

January 20, 2023

It may seem to be a deferral of the “Argus” 50th Anniversary – given that this album first saw the light of day in April 1972 – yet WISHBONE ASH dedicated the entire year which followed to promoting the platter … Continue reading →

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Jon Anderson Finishes Musical About Marc Chagall

January 19, 2023

“My favorite [project]! I want to do it with projection and animation and talking about my life with [Marc] Chagall, thoughts about what I did with him, and the songs that I wrote for him,” Jon Anderson me many years … Continue reading →

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CHARLES XAVIER – Pandemic Piano

January 18, 2023

Happy Note 2022 Out of his comfort zone and into the fire: San Franciscan driver of ivories ponders the past and the present. Calling himself the Xman may seem preposterous, yet though such a moniker doesn’t lend Charles Xavier any … Continue reading →

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Paul Gilbert Gives Fans A Gift Of Dio Tunes

January 17, 2023

Covering other people music has been a been a notable feature of Paul Gilbert‘s solo repertoire throughout his decades-long career, his 2014 platter comprising no less than eight borrowed melodies, and those more often than not were instrumental readings of … Continue reading →

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