BIG|BRAVE Announce Tenth Album “in grief or in hope,” and Share First Single
BIG|BRAVE have announced their tenth album, in grief or in hope, due June 12th, sharing first single, the ineptitude for mutual discernment. With touring bassist Liam Andrews joining Robin Wattie and Mat Ball in the studio for the first time, the album promises to push their particular brand of massive minimalism into its most layered […]
Boston frontman Tommy DeCarlo dies aged 60
The singer joined the band in 2007, touring with them and providing lead vocals on their last album, Life, Love & Hope Tommy DeCarlo, the frontman of US rock band Boston since 2007, has died of brain cancer, his family have confirmed. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our dad, […]
Sex with Scorsese, beef with Sondheim … and inventing the moonwalk? The wildest moments in Liza Minnelli’s memoir
From Peter Sellers dressing like a Nazi, to having to manage her mother Judy Garland’s addiction, jaws will drop at Minnelli’s anecdotes Tuesday marks the publication of Kids, Wait Til You Hear This!, the enormously entertaining memoir by Liza Minnelli, and that title – gossipy, confiding and with no small measure of Broadway panache – […]
Woman arrested for attempted murder after shots fired at Rihanna’s house
Los Angeles police have charged Ivana Ortiz, 35, as alleged shooter that fired a semi-automatic rifle at singer’s home A 35-year-old woman fired numerous shots into the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna on Sunday afternoon, with one round going through a wall of the house. On Monday, the Los Angeles police department identified the alleged […]
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli review – a heady brew of gossip, glamour and defiance
Lady Gaga and David Gest are among those who get ferocious dressings-down in this brutally candid memoir Liza Minnelli’s father, the film director Vincente Minnelli, used to joke that his daughter’s career in show business was preordained. She was certainly familiar with the dark side of the industry from a young age through her mother […]
Cat Clyde – Mud Blood Bone
Canadian songwriter Cat Clyde comes flying in like a midnight courier, express‑delivering through Concord Records the most intimate dispatches of her life. Mud Blood Bone crackles with urgency even as Cat bares her soul. It is her most personal record yet and also her most electrifying, a pulse‑quickening rush, wrapped in confession. Source If you […]
‘A lot of late 70s bands wore grey. But we were determined to have fun’: the return of the mega-influential Swell Maps after 46 years
Championed by the BBC’s John Peel and signed to Rough Trade, the band were punk when that meant DIY, psychedelia and prog as well as screaming chords. What’s more, they loved Pink Floyd … Swell Maps were a punk band, but only because that word meant something different when they started making records in 1977. […]
Does culture make emotion?
Franz Boas helps us solve the puzzle of where our emotional lives originate: in our selves or in the cultures around us – by Noga Arikha Read on Aeon Source: aeon.co
How the blues brought musical journeyman Raphael Saadiq to the Oscars
The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners. (Image credit: Jon Brown)
Seven of the best music festivals to visit by train from the UK
From jazz in Rotterdam and hip-hop in Paris to brass bands on the beach in Blackpool, the Guardian’s music editor chooses the best European festivals that can be reached by rail Paris has some great festivals, such as Cercle (22-24 May), with dance music stars against the backdrop of planes and rockets in an outdoor […]