Will Birch is an English music writer and record producer. He has also worked hands on with music as songwriter and drummer (Kursaal Flyers: 1973–1977, 1985, 1988 and in present century; The Records: 1978–1982). In […]
British post-war migration was foremost concentrated to other parts of the Commonwealth. This export of human capital helped to disseminate the new and exciting music vibes that emanated from London – the epicenter of the […]
“Rent party” refers to a party held by a tenant in order to raise money to pay the rent by charging the guests for attendance fee. Memphis Rent Party is also the title of the […]
It is high time for modernization. Well, sort of. In the present article we are taking at least one step forward in time compared to Even More Real Pop Classics of the 1970s and concentrate […]
Link Wray’s original 1958 Rumble is probably the only instrumental that has been banned on the radio (because it alleged invitation to street violence). Rumble started a new career track for Link Wray, making him […]
Royal Pendletons’ 7” A-side (I’m a) Sore Loser [Sympathy for the Record Industry; 1998] – backed with the intriguing instrumental Boo’s Bash – is in this case a can opener for the 30 song soundtrack […]
No One To Cry To with the Beatosonics on the excellent CD compilation Souvenirs: Little Gems of Pop [Sound Asleep Records, 2009] caught my interest a little bit extra when I learned that it was […]
The director Jim Jarmusch [born 1953] has a long-standing relation to music, shown in different ways by his filmography, but Gimme Danger – The Story of The Stooges is his first film entirely built around […]
This Memphis garage gem from 1965/66 was produced by Roland Janes (1933–2013) – Sun Records’ legendary session guitarist between 1956 and 1963 – in his Sounds recording studio and originally released on the ARA label, […]
If I know my math, is Here Comes the Night Joel Selvin’s fourteenth book, which means that he approaches his subject matter, Bert Berns [1929–1967], as a music writer with more than forty years of […]
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