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PRETTY THINGS’ Jon Povey Passed Away

May 10, 2023

Jon Povey, a stalwart of PRETTY THINGS, died yesterday at the age of 80. The veteran has been battling cancer for a number of years and seemed to be beating it but, sadly, was unable to. Beating things came natural … Continue reading →

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Linda Lewis Crosses Over To Eternity

May 4, 2023

Always smiling, always singing, always so full of life, Linda Lewis, an indelibly beautiful detail of English melodic landscape from the early ’70s onwards, has passed away yesterday at the age of 72. The wide masses saw her out in … Continue reading →

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Rock Poet Keith Reid Passed Away

March 30, 2023

“I always try and make the words for my songs sound poetic and have a lot of meaning, but I never think of them as being poems. I think of them more as my statements,”: that’s what the great Keith … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Robin Lumley

March 11, 2023

Arguably the best jazz-rock keyboard player to have come out of Blighty, Robin Lumley, who passed away on March 9th at the age of 75, was instrumental in forming the British fusion scene of the ’70s and, thus, influenced the … Continue reading →

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Don Shinn’s Light Ceased To Shine

March 8, 2023

Don Shinn might have never been referred to in the same breath and with such reverence as , yet the former used to be as adept on Hammond organ and other ivories as the latter. However, even though Shinn was … Continue reading →

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