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 Tom Jones Praise & Blame - reviewTom Jones' album "Praise & Blame" takes the Welsh star in a new and interesting direction. The result is his best album in years. One hit wonders - ten of the bestEnjoy our selection of ten of the best one-hit wonders, spanning 1954 to 1979. Ten forgotten originalsSometimes a cover verison of a song is so popular that it becomes better known than the first recording. Enjoy these "ten forgotten originals." Elvis Presley's essential first albumWe look back at Elvis Presley's first album, simply titled "Elvis Presley." T.A.M.I. Show DVD - reviewRead the Classic Pop Icons review of one of this year's "must have" music DVD releases. Pop legends say Things Go Better with CokeHear some of the biggest stars of the 1960s singing their Coke jingles, including Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison and The Moody Blues. |
Archive for the ‘Folk’ Category
Song of the Week #17 – “California Dreamin’”
Written by admin on August 30, 2010 – 6:39 am - |
The 1965 classic “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and the Papas is this week’s Song of the Week. Today would have been the 75th birthday of the group’s founder John Phillips if he hadn’t died of heart failure on March 18, 2001. |
Tags: Bobby Womack, California Dreamin, Jose Feliciano, The Mamas and the Papas
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Dylan at the Oakland Coliseum – February, 1974
Written by admin on August 27, 2010 – 8:31 pm -Wolfgang’s Vault has served up another slice of rock history by streaming a two-hour concert from Bob Dylan and The Band. The show was recorded at Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California on the evening of 11 February, 1974.
| This tour was Dylan’s first for seven-and-a-half years and saw him reunite with The Band who, with the exception of Levon Helm on drums, had backed him on his European tour of 1966 and on the Basement Tapes. |
Tags: Before the Flood, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan 1974 tour, The Band
Posted in American Rock, Folk, Gigs | No Comments »
Music Icons CD sale – save on essential artists and classic albums
Written by admin on August 25, 2010 – 7:26 pm -Barnes & Noble have slashed prices on dozens of the biggest albums of all time in their Music Icons sale.
The Music Icons sale features artists such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Sam Cooke, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan and many, many more.
Tags: Music Icons sale
Posted in 60s pop, American Rock, British Invasion, Elvis, Folk, Rock 'n' roll, Soul | No Comments »
Song of the Week #16 – “Big Yellow Taxi”
Written by admin on August 23, 2010 – 6:00 am -| Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” is this week’s Song of the Week.
“Big Yellow Taxi” was released in the summer of 1970 on single and also appeared on Mitchell’s third album “Ladies of the Canyon.” It is one of her most enduring and most covered songs, with over 200 versions recorded over 40 years. |
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Tags: Amy Grant, Big Yellow Taxi, Counting Crows, Joni Mitchell, Love in the Canyon
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Neil Young gigs to benefit oil spill victims
Written by admin on August 13, 2010 – 9:16 am - |
Neil Young is playing four gigs in September to benefit those who have been affected by the BT oil spill on America’s Gulf Coast. |
Tags: Neil Young, Neil Young Gulf Coast tour
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