SOPHIE B. Hawkins was at the heart of nineties mania thanks to smooth pop tracks I Wish I Was Your Lover, and Lay Me Down. She sold millions of cassettes and 32 years later her […]
Keith LeBlanc, a drummer on several early hip-hop releases and a key producer on albums by Nine Inch Nails and more, has passed away at the age of 70. The sad news was reported by […]
Part practical problem-solver and part esoteric theoretician, Brian Eno has been involved as a musician and producer on some of the most influential music of the past 50 years, a daunting list of collaborators that […]
CRAFT RECORDINGS CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEWEL’S MULTI-PLATINUM SOPHOMORE ALBUM, SPIRIT WITH EXPANDED AND REMASTERED EDITIONS CD and digital versions include hits “Hands,” “Down So Long” and “Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)” plus 23 bonus tracks, […]
Alison Goldfrapp has revealed rapper Tricky was actually “tricky” to work with. The former Goldfrapp frontwoman added her vocals to the former Massive Attack star’s track ‘Pumpkin’ from his 1995 LP ‘Maxinquaye’, and though she […]
Johnny Marr has widely been considered one of alternative rock’s most influential guitarists. As an homage of sorts to the instrument that made him, his new book Marr’s Guitars, out October 17th, is a retrospective dedication to […]
Sophie B Hawkins, singer, songwriter I was Bryan Ferry’s percussionist but got fired after two weeks. He very nicely said: “You can’t play the Cuban congas as well as so-and-so who’s coming in to replace […]
When Adele covered Bob Dylan’s Make You Feel My Love on her debut album 19, her interpretation was a sparse piano ballad that exuded tortured romantic longing. “The lyrics are just amazing and summed up […]
Phil Manzanera, the 71-year-old guitarist for art-rock pioneers Roxy Music, is leaning into a computer camera backdropped by a nondescript hotel room. The band has assembled in Toronto, where they’re rehearsing for their first U.S. […]
For the first half of the 20th century, jazz musicians would interpret the popular music of the age, with Tin Pan Alley hits, Broadway showtunes, blues songs and Latin dance numbers providing the basis for […]
At the apex of his career in the freewheeling 70s, Earl McGrath headed a record company for the Rolling Stones, ran his own label distributed by Atlantic Records that featured early recordings by stars like […]
Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera says the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary tour would be “beneath” Brian Eno. The glam rock legends’ first jaunt in 11 years kicks off in September in Canada and includes three dates […]
Fifty years down the line, what does Roxy Music mean to you? Jungtheforeman A lot. Roxy Music were the first 10 years of my career, so it’s a huge part of my life. Some of […]
Both conventionally debonair and utterly set apart from the ordinary, Bryan Ferry remains one of the UK’s most singular pop stars. As a book of his lyrics is published on 5 May, new solo music […]
Roxy Music are heading out on tour for the first time in 11 years, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their debut album. The current lineup of Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera, and Paul Thompson […]
Shared from consequence.net Roxy Music are reissuing their first two albums, Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure, on vinyl. These new pressings are due out on April 1st via Virgin/UMe. Originally released in 1972 and […]