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5 Years on and Christmas has never been the same: R.I.P. James Brown, the...
It was the morning of the 25.12.2006 – Christmas Day and the news spread like wildfire. I was listening to London’s Heart FM with some friends and having a merry little get-together enjoying the...
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Latin American Revolution Rocks
Across the history of Latin American music there have been remarkable bands and composers that have stood for an ideal and have screamed for revolution and change. Playing a major roll in transmitting...
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The History of the Vocoder: From Spy Agent to Lead Singer
Kraftwerk, Neil Young, Afrikaa Bambataa, Daft Punk and Air are just a few of the many bands and musicians that have used the legendary sound of the vocoder, a machine that started life as a military...
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Factory-Made: The 5 Best (or Worst) Manufactured Bands
The task – a list of the top five most interesting manufactured bands. Seems simple, right? After all, growing up in the late 90’s, my childhood was awash with boy-band mania. However, as I began to...
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Sex Tape: The top 5 orgasms on record
Since rock n’ roll hit the mainstream in the late 1950’s it has routinely been associated with sex. As society became increasingly sexually liberated and literate so did music as it attempted to...
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Interview: Idris Ackamoor of “The Pyramids”
When a young Idris Ackamoor was given the opportunity to travel to Europe with a saxophone and a tape recorder, there was only one thing he was going to do: form a jazz band. Contemporaries of Sun Ra...
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Small pond sounds: Keeping it local in New London, Connecticut
Every great city is a patchwork quilt of experiences and people – my native New York City being the biggest quilt there is; subway musicians, Carnegie Hall, and the late-great-CBGB’s are just some of...
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See You Later, Jamesetta: The Life of Etta James [1938-2012]
The death of soul diva Etta James, on Jan. 20, 2012 at the age of 73, is more of a “see you later” than a goodbye; her music, like her life, continues defying simple categorization by informing and...
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Sampling, clearance and the evolution of hip hop
If you don’t own a drum kit, but have access to a recording device, a turntable and your parent’s record collection, then you possess the basic toolkit required to become a hip hop producer. It was...
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