MY TOP 5 TUNES – HBR
Hassan Bin Rashid or HBR talks to us about 5 songs that he loves and has changed his life.
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Hassan Bin Rashid or HBR talks to us about 5 songs that he loves and has changed his life.
Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston, The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and Herbie Hancock have all taken the Rhodes piano to their hearts
The Rising Souls frontman and truly one of the best singers to ever grace our studio Dave Archibald lets us know about 5 tracks that shaped who he is as a singer today.
Motown was originally founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959 and was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960.
It was 1986 and I had just heard this classic for the first time. Now I was an avid record collector and DJ at the time but I had never before or again been so compelled by a song that I bought 6 copies
If there was ever a singer that made such an impact on Reggae it would have to be Dennis Brown.
The Rhythm Section: The beat to your feet and bass in its place
That little island just off the coast of Europe has throughout its modern history punched above its weight.
Three Chords and the truth: The desire to make music is in some irrepressible. They will suffer poverty, humiliation, and outright rejection just to continue to play, to be able to express.
Take a look at any pop-stars live performance video and you’ll see on stage other musicians. You won’t necessarily know their name or their face but they look cool and certainly not out-of-place in their situation.
In the annals of Rock ‘n’ Roll history there are written the sacred names of a few small venues, all ordained and made saintly. Some gone some remain with us. These places of ‘worship’ are made so by tear-away kids, searching for something new, for a place and time to call their own.
All the gear: The equipment that made Rock’n’Roll – In the previous article we covered, electric guitar and bass amplification, electric guitars and the electric bass. Here we look at keyboards, drums and vocal microphones
All the gear: The equipment that made Rock ‘n’ Roll A two-part review of the ‘gear’ that is the sound of Rock ‘n’ Roll Take
Way, way back, before music could be recorded and stored and sold on a plastic disc, people would buy sheet music. An A4 pamphlet contained within the ‘charts’ or music manuscript to the latest tune or dance to be interpreted through the virtuosity or lack there-of by whom-ever sat at the piano and that was it.