– THE RAVERS RETURN –
Revival of my gossip column in the Melody Maker called The Raver, consisting of one-liners, snippets, jokes etc. which many musicians and ex-MM readers will remember.
LIVE ROCK!
STEVE EGGS BAND at the Sound Lounge, Sutton ‘We are the Music Makers and the Dreamer of Dreams’. That was the philosophical slogan writ large on the wall at the Sound Lounge, one of South
RICK WAKEMAN’S HIDDEN DEPTHS
A Gallery of the Imagination Rick Wakeman’s musical collaboration with his band The English Rock Ensemble certainly has hidden depths, which incidentally is the appropriate title of the opening track on ‘A Gallery Of The
MAY WE RECOMMEND?
Books for the Music People Christmas may have come and gone but there is still time to buy presents for your nearest and dearest and those you know slightly in the queue for cat food
PHIL SEAMEN – PERCUSSION GENIUS!
Ronnie Scott once hailed Phil Seamen as ‘Britain’s Greatest Jazz Drummer’ a man who achieved cult status during his lifetime and inspired generations of jazz and rock musicians including Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones
ANA GRACEY SINGS AND SWINGS
At soundcheck (From left to right) Peter Lemer, Ana Gracey, Phil Mulford & Billy Thompson Wicked Games at the Pizza Express October 9, 2022 It was a sunny Sunday afternoon when Ana Gracey descended the
A NIGHT at the HARLEM APOLLO 1962
Flying Home! Cadogan Hall London When Lionel Hamptons’s all-American big band stormed into flag waving numbers like ‘Flying Home’ and ‘Airmail Special’ it sent crowds wild with excitement. Never more so, than when the vibraphone