Rory Gallagher died in 1995 at the relatively young age of 47. It was a great loss to the world of blues – Gallagher was one of that rare breed of European…
Question: Which is the only group in the history of recorded music to have had a hit single and a hit album in five consecutive decades? The answer is… The Isley Brothers.…
Bob Geldof usually gets the credit for the original Live Aid Concert and the Live 8 event that followed in more recent times. He had a lot of help, not least from…
As Johnny Halliday is to Elvis Presley, Jean-Jacques Goldman is to… Neil Diamond… Billy Joel? The singer/songwriter is hugely successful in his native France. Goldman has been turning out hit singles and…
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City. It also marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the progressive rock band Yes. Perhaps that’s why the group…
Joni Mitchell has been described as the greatest female singer/songwriter of the twentieth century. This is unfair… she stands at the very pinnacle regardless of gender. Like no other popular musician, she…
If I recall correctly, I first heard Tim Rose’s version of ‘Hey Joe’ on the radio. The DJ intimated that Rose had written the song which impressed me greatly because, like…