GENESIS Put “The Lamb” Into A Seemingly Inessential Box Set

November 19, 2024

So much has been said over the last five decades about GENESIS‘ six studio album that there nothing seem to remain open to discussion: neither its unbridled ambition not its divisive nature. Apparently, the ensemble feel the same, which is why the 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” which will see the light of day on March 28th – thus, rather typically for such reissues, missing the actual semicentennial mark – should offer no special treats for aficionados. Well, almost.

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Loudon Wainwright Prepares Report From London

November 17, 2024

It’s been more than two decades since Loudon Wainwright III released a concert album – and 2003’s “So Damn Happy” was separated from “Career Moves” by ten years. This is why seeing the veteran ready to issue another platter preserved for posterity in front of an audience feels rather gratifying, especially given the fact that “Live In London” which, reprising but a single cut from a previous set, should hit the shelves on January 31st will become only fourth onstage record in his long career.

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Peter Sinfield Passed Away

November 15, 2024

The poet Peter Sinfield passed away yesterday at the age of 80. Yes, the poet – for Pete was much more then a mere lyricist, although a unique one because else could sculpt a phrase like “I need to suck the breasts of time and freeze her milk in ink” and to write, with equal ease, stanzas which were performed by such incomparable artists as KING CRIMSON and Celine Dion. Of course, Sinfield will forever be associated with former, rather than later, for without him the British ensemble would not have neither their sinister name nor the conceptual vision projected from the "In The Court Of The Crimson King" album – whose very cover got commissioned by the word-weaver so fortunately brought inti the fold by Ian McDonald – onwards.

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Andy Fairweather Low Gets Down To The Blues

November 14, 2024

He may not have hurried with the release of 2023’s "Flang Dang" which followed "Zone-O-Tone" that was issued ten years earlier, yet Andy Fairweather Low wouldn’t let the fiftieth anniversary of his most successful platter, “La Booga Rooga” from 1975 – one that spawned the infectious single “Wide Eyed And Legless” – slip away without any kind of event. And what could be a better event than the appearance of the veteran’s fresh work, a collection of songs reestablishing his blues roots.

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GOLDEN EARRING Expand On Their “N.E.W.S.”

November 10, 2024

Following the successful "Cut" album that brought the hugely popular “Twilight Zone” single back in 1982, GOLDEN EARRING’s 1984 offering “North East West South” – more commonly known as “N.E.W.S.” – may not live up to the audiences’ expectations, reaching the top of charts only in the Dutch band’s home country, yet that doesn’t mean the record hadn’t left a trace in people’s memory. There’s no better proof of this point than the use of “When the Lady Smiles” which was one of the ’45s the platter housed in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008 – without the ensemble’s permission – and there’s a lot to enjoy on there beside the controversial piece.

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