‘Goin’ Back : The Definitive Dusty Springfield’ is a stunning collection of hits celebrating one of the most iconic female voices of the 20th Century, released 7th November via UMC. Born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien 16th April 1939 in West London, Dusty Springfield enjoyed a successful career spanning over 40 years and earning...
Find local bands or gigs and get talking about them! The key to any good business and especially the music business is networking, trawling the internet for suitable gig venues and promoters to push you into the limelight, or replacing the drummer for the overtly keen guy who wasn’t as committed he claimed. So not only as a musician do you have to spend...
‘How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell’ is the latest studio offering from Sir Bob Geldof and his first since 2001′s ‘Sex, Age and Death’. Born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof 5th October 1951, Sir Bob Geldof is a singer, songwriter, author, actor and political activist. Raised in Dun Laorghaire, Ireland, Geldof attended...
Front man; noun (plural front men) :- the leader of a band. As if it’s that simple. The Front man is responsible for projecting the cool, charisma, talent and sex-appeal of a band. Having gained a healthy appetite for leading men and the band they front at a fairly young age, I have experienced some of our generations most exhilarating and...
A front man of a band is the epitome of sex appeal, talent, charisma and cool. All the guys want to be him and all the girls want to bed him. Seeing my first gig at thirteen (Boyzone, and the less said about that and my teeny bopper crush on Stephen Gately, the better…) introduced me to the adrenalin and excitement of a live performance, and, by...
Whilst being a student, I would submerge myself in music when writing essays and the like of an evening. It was one of those evenings on which I stumbled across the Annie Mac show on Radio 1. Without being dramatic, my life was never the same since, or at least, my musical life. I had found a dj who would play as diverse a mix of music that I wanted to...
The man with the world’s greatest moustache and even greater stage presence would have been sixty five this year. I am of course referring to the late Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the iconic rock band Queen. And to mark the occasion, Queen are reissuing their last five studio albums on September 5th. The release of the collection also falls in line...
My spine tingled in a way that told me I was listening to something really special. As Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over” drew to a close, Jo Whiley instrcuted me, and her millions of other listeners to expect big things from Florence Welch. As always, Jo was completely right. Born Johanne Whiley, 4th July 1965 in...
July 2009 saw the making of music media history as music bible, NME, named Krissi Murison as Conor McNicholas’ successor. She is the first female to become the magazine’s Editor In Chief in the publication’s entire fifty seven year history. Born in 1982, Krissi Murison attended The Abbey School, Reading, between 1993 and 2000,...
Looking flawlessly chic in a gypsy-inspired white dress, I watched in complete awe, as Edith Bowman presented The Killers with “Best Internationl Band” at The 2005 NME Awards, fighting off stiff competition from Scissor Sisters, Kings Of Leon, and U2. However, contrary to popular belief, my awe wasn’t a reaction to the band deservedly...
The music industry can be described in a similar way to a body of water. Though the surface can seem gentle and slow moving, beneath the calm exterior lies a constant process of evolution and advancing movement. Many bands are lost in the dark shadows as a skimmed stone always falls to the bottom of the riverbed to join the thousands of others who have...
Friday marks the opening of this year’s Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm, and revellers are in for a very special treat with iconic band, U2, playing their first ever festival stint. Following the cancellation of their headline slot last summer, after Bono sustained a spinal injury, the Irish supergroup are set to blow minds at Worthy Farm this...