Category Archives: CD

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 →

Posted in Album, Album, Blues, CD, CD, Christmas, Concert, Country, Entertainer, Guitar, Instrumental, Live, Music, musician, Performer, Pop, Recording, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Studio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Album, Album, Art Rock, Blues, CD, CD, Concert, Folk, Live, Music, Musician, Performer, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Singer, Singer, Songwriter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THE BEATLES: How ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ Changed The Face Of Music | uDiscover

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Cosmic Dwellings

These days, game-changers are everywhere, in every facet of our society, yet there was a time when people really had no idea what they were. In 1967 along came Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the eighth studio album by … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Album, CD, CD, mp3, Music, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

ENGELBERT: Tin Pan Alley, Country Pop & The Indestructible ‘Release Me’ – uDiscover

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Cosmic Dwellings

Vocal stylist Engelbert Humperdinck has been talking to uDiscover about the remarkable body of work that’s celebrated by today’s (19 May) release of the compilation Engelbert Humperdinck: 50 and the simultaneous The Complete Decca Studio Albums Collection. He discusses how … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, CD, CD, Music, Performer, Singer, Singer, Songwriter | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

BOWIE: How I discovered a secret in the Blackstar sleeve | The Vinyl Factory

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

How I discovered a secret in Bowie’s Blackstar sleeve – and how you can too – The Vinyl Factory – the Home of VinylThe secret of Blackstar’s starfield revealed by the man who found it. Earlier this week one Reddit … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Art Rock, CD, Music, musician, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Album, Artist, Blues, CD, Country, Folk, Guitar, Live, mp3, Music, musician, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Studio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PRINCE and 3rdEyeGirl | Music | The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

3RDEYEGIRL on Prince, ping pong and women in music who ‘treat their bodies like meat’ The purple one’s all-female band on his legendary work ethic, life at Paisley Park and why you should always look like a star… 3rdEyeGirl (left to … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, CD, Funk, Guitar, Live, Music, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul, Studio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Album, Blues, CD, Guitar, mp3, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

DAVID BOWIE: “Blackstar” review – a spellbinding break with his past | Music | The Guardian

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

Eyes front … the perpetually forward looking David Bowie As he reaches his 69th birthday, David Bowie finds himself in a rarefied position, even by the standards of the rock aristocracy. He does not give interviews, make himself available to … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Art Rock, Avant-garde Jazz, CD, Jazz, Music, Pop, Rock | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GEORGE HARRISON: “All Things Must Pass” – An Appreciation – uDiscover

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Cosmic Dwellings

Classic album is a term that’s used way too much when describing records from the golden era of rock music; of course, one person’s classic album is another’s long-forgotten record, but we think that without fear of contradiction George Harrison’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Album, CD, CD, Music, Musician, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Singer, Songwriter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment