Tag Archives: Donovan

Book review: (Sonicbond Summary) – TOOL, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PINK FLOYD, VAN MORRISON, DONOVAN, BRIAN ENO (November 2022)

Posted on November 23, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication dates: July-November 2022] Here’s our now traditional end of year round up for Sonicbond titles which again in 2022 have come thick and fast. The usual caveats apply: very rarely based on primary sources but mostly reverential … Continue reading →

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Album review: JULIE DRISCOLL – 1969 (remaster)

Posted on October 27, 2022 by brianmc

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Cherry Red [Release date: 28.10.22] From the beginning of her career in the sixties, singer Julie Driscoll had worked with the Brian Auger Trinity. And indeed she fronted that band when she scored two UK Chart hits in 1968, covers … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged 1969, album, Blood Sweat and Tears, Brian Auger Trinity, Chicago Transit Authority, Donovan, Dylan, folk, Grace Slick, jazz, Julie Driscoll, Keith Tippett, remaster, review, rock, Soft Machine | Leave a comment

Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Separate Paths Together (An Anthology Of British Male Singer/Songwriters 1965-75, 3 CD set)

Posted on July 27, 2021 by brianmc

Grapefruit [Release date 30.07.21] Hard to see how an anthology could get any more specific. And interesting that it’s a companion piece to 2017′s female version. Well, interesting that the female version came first. In those ten years that spanned … Continue reading →

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DVD review: Changes Begin Within (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)

Posted on September 14, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 01.09.17] It seems almost unthinkable in this day and age that a benefit concert would be held for a charitable foundation aimed at teaching at-risk children to meditate, and to begin to change their lives from … Continue reading →

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News: DONOVAN announces 70th Birthday Show

Posted on February 9, 2016 by jason

DONOVAN’S 70TH BIRTHDAY PARTY CONCERT IN ‘BEAT CAFÉ’ AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM ON 6th MAY 2016 Donovan, ‘60s legend, icon, poet and one of our most enduring singer-songwriters, celebrates his 70th birthday with a special concert at The London Palladium … Continue reading →