He's an icon.
He's the original.
And now....it seems he's also in French.
Jimi Hendrix, as reimagined by the Gallic minds of The Haunted:
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Ne Pas Lost In Translacioun!
He's my favourite.
He's an icon.
He's the original.
And now....it seems he's also in French.
Jimi Hendrix, as reimagined by the Gallic minds of The Haunted:
He's an icon.
He's the original.
And now....it seems he's also in French.
Jimi Hendrix, as reimagined by the Gallic minds of The Haunted:
The Unknown Beauty
It was my birthday week just gone, and one of the best presents I received was an email from a friend in the US that contained a link to a song on YouTube. Over a week later and I still can't get the song out of my head.
It's that good it has to be shared. And so I give to you 'Didn't I' by Darando, a relatively unknown soul singer from San Francisco who, according to some comments, may or may not have also been a pimp, but who most definitely sounds like a cross between Al Green and Ronald Isley.
Whoever plans the music for the TV show 'Breaking Bad' obviously really knows their stuff, as it recently featured over the end credits to an episode. It's presumably not a bad way to gain mass exposure for an obscure artist and we're all the better for it.
Enjoy
It's that good it has to be shared. And so I give to you 'Didn't I' by Darando, a relatively unknown soul singer from San Francisco who, according to some comments, may or may not have also been a pimp, but who most definitely sounds like a cross between Al Green and Ronald Isley.
Whoever plans the music for the TV show 'Breaking Bad' obviously really knows their stuff, as it recently featured over the end credits to an episode. It's presumably not a bad way to gain mass exposure for an obscure artist and we're all the better for it.
Enjoy
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
The Lord of the Keys
It was sad news indeed to hear of the passing yesterday of Jon Lord, keybordist and founder member of Deep Purple.
Deep Purple played a big role in the soundtrack of my youth. At a time when schoolmates were jumping around to Dr Alban and Haddaway, I was discovering 'Deep Purple In Rock' and jumping to the defence of guitars and long hair. Lord's keybord and organ playing were a driving force behind the Purple 'sound', and he was one of a small group of people who can be said to have turned the piano (and it's electric children) in to a heavy rock instrument.
Always looking to push different musical styles, Lord's 'Concerto for Group and Orchestra' is piece that I definitely recommend searching out, demonstrating that he also had symphonic ideas in his head as well is some severe ivory-bashing.
I have a special commemorative edition 'Black Night' single on 12-inch purple vinyl, a brilliant reminder to more carefree days and the joys of discovering great bands.
Deep Purple played a big role in the soundtrack of my youth. At a time when schoolmates were jumping around to Dr Alban and Haddaway, I was discovering 'Deep Purple In Rock' and jumping to the defence of guitars and long hair. Lord's keybord and organ playing were a driving force behind the Purple 'sound', and he was one of a small group of people who can be said to have turned the piano (and it's electric children) in to a heavy rock instrument.
Always looking to push different musical styles, Lord's 'Concerto for Group and Orchestra' is piece that I definitely recommend searching out, demonstrating that he also had symphonic ideas in his head as well is some severe ivory-bashing.
I have a special commemorative edition 'Black Night' single on 12-inch purple vinyl, a brilliant reminder to more carefree days and the joys of discovering great bands.
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