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

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
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged book, Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Donovan, Pink Floyd, Rancid, review, Sonicbond, Tears For Fears, The Human League, Tool, Van Morrison
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Album review: JULIE DRISCOLL – 1969 (remaster)

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

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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Tagged Al Stewart, album, anthology, boxset, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Gerry Rafferty, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Graham Gouldman, Grapefruit Records, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Martyn, like Richard Thompson, Ralph McTell, review, Singer songwriters
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DVD review: Changes Begin Within (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)

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
News: DONOVAN announces 70th Birthday Show

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
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Tagged 70th birthday, Donovan, folk, legend, London Palladium, May 6 2016, pop, singer
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