Category Archives: Blues

SHAKIN’ STEVENS / Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Cosmic Dwellings

September 23, 2020 by Paul Sinclair tags: 1980s, shakin stevens 19 CD deluxe set • Signed by Shaky! BMG will, in November, issue Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection, a massive career-spanning box set featuring the work of Welsh singer and songwriter Shakin’ Stevens. … Continue reading →

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JANIS AND BIG BROTHER: Live at the Carousel Ballroom ’68 | Uncut Magazine

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Cosmic Dwellings

Fly on the psychedelic wall: The Bear’s sonic journals snag a masterpiece… Somewhere within the sonic depths of this extraordinary concert tape’s opener, “Combination of the Two,” as James Gurley’s distorted guitar angles toward a kind of demented Coltrane-like climax, Janis … Continue reading →

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ELVIS: Sun in Vegas

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

by Tony G. Marshall A rare and fascinating public moment occurred as Elvis Presley began a brief reflective backtrack to his musical roots from the stage of the Las Vegas Hilton when he saw someone in the audience holding a copy of the then recently … Continue reading →

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RICHARD, CHARLES & JILES: The Original Albums

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

The ‘triple’ Rock ‘n’ Roll tragedy that was eventually labelled “The Day The Music Died” encompasses the passing of a trio of pioneering greats who have been the subject of many “how much greater they could have been…” conversations around the world since … Continue reading →

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ELTON JOHN: Midsummer Fantastical!

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

10 Things You Need to Know About Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy By the Editor@EltonJohn.com Before there was Google there was Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. To explain… For many an Elton fan in 1975, listening … Continue reading →

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JIMI HENDRIX: An Ectoplasm of Sound — R.A.H.

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

‘An ectoplasm of sound’: Jimi Hendrix’s Royal Albert Hall history Posted on Wednesday 24 February 2016 by Lydia Smith – From The Archive Music Guitar hero Jimi Hendrix has a special association with the Royal Albert Hall, with the venue … Continue reading →

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GRACE SLICK presents Monterey and Woodstock | Limelight Agency

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

~ Grace Slick Presents Monterey Pop ~ 1. Unknown (Drug Dealer) 2. Marty Balin (*JA singer) 3. Jorma Kaukonen 4. Janis Joplin 5. Ghandi 6. Jack Casady (*JA Bass) 7. Otis Redding 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Pete Townshend 10. … Continue reading →

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LAURA!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

“WHEN YOU ROLL THE DICE THERE’S A LESSON LEARNT – IF YOU PLAY WITH FIRE, WELL YOU’RE GONNA GET BURNT!” –  ‘Irate’ song lyrics/music Copyright © Laura Wilde/Brian Canham. “Music in the Blood” – New Short Essay “Sold My Soul” – Updated Album Review … Continue reading →

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‘SAM PHILLIPS: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick – The New York Times

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

Five hundred forty-one pages into Peter Guralnick’s 763-page biography of Sam Phillips, the impresario enshrined in the subtitle as “the man who invented rock ’n’ roll,” we get the moment when many people probably saw Phillips for the first time. … Continue reading →

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GREIL MARCUS: ‘Mystery Train’ at 40 | Rolling Stone

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

A Conversation With Greil Marcus: ‘Mystery Train’ Keeps Rolling at 40. “These artists just keep reverberating,” says Marcus of figures that populate landmark 1975 work BY ROB SHEFFIELD October 19, 2015 Source: A Conversation With Greil Marcus: ‘Mystery Train’ at … Continue reading →

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