By Jim Kerr, Simple Minds “You should have a cup of tea with the singer Colin Hay when you get here. He’s a Scot and his band Men At Work are Australia’s […]
TEA FOR TWO?
Newly found Bob Dylan footage fra 1983
Check out never-before-seen footage of Bob Dylan’s recording session for “Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight” at the Power Station in New York.Initially filmed by the Maysles Brothers in 1983, this newly […]
You Should Never Meet Your Heroes!
By Jim Kerr, Simple Minds In the pic a young fan gets to meet the Beatles at the ABC cinema in Edinburgh, 1964. Similarly, at 7 years old I got to shake […]
How China Lifted 850 Million People Out of Extreme Poverty
In February, the Chinese government celebrated the eradication of extreme poverty within its borders. This would be a massive achievement for any country, but for China it’s even more so as it […]
Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and […]
She said she wanted to go to Studio 54
Introduction by George Wolff Already a million words have been written about the late Charlie Watts, but no one matches the following brief story. It’s by E. Kaye Fulton, one of Canada’s […]
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