‘Red Rose Speedway’: Paul McCartney And Wings At Full Throttle When Paul McCartney And Wings started recording their second album, Red Rose Speedway, in Los Angeles, in March 1972, it came during a time which...
Free Jazz: A Short History Of The Jazz Sub-Genre Back in 1959, Texan alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman went to New York’s Five Spot venue armed with just a plastic saxophone and proceeded to wreak...
Shining Brightly: Richard And Linda Thompson’s Folk-Rock Beacon The 21st century has seen a welcome upswing in appreciation of Britain’s great history of cutting-edge folk-rock in the 1960s and 70s. So it might...
‘Black Coffee’: Peggy Lee’s Darker Exploration Of Love Peggy Lee was 32 years old when she walked into the Decca label’s recording studios in midtown New York to lay down the tracks for...
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Rastaman Vibration After the long years of cult-hero status, Rastaman Vibration brought Bob Marley and the Wailers chart success at last. Released on April 30, 1976, it...
‘Cooleyhighharmony’ And The Hip-Hop Doo-Wop Genius Of Boyz II Men Formed in 1988 at Philadelphia’s High School For Creative Arts, Boyz II Men had their big break the following year when they snuck into New...