Hard to believe that in just a months time John Lennon, the most infamous member of the Beatles, would have been celebrating his 73d birthday. In the 33 years since he was gunned down outside the Dakota the attention to his colorful life never seems to dim. A couple of years ago there was Sam … Continue reading
We Brits evidently love an underdog breaking through. In 2007, two years before Susan Boyle dramatically assailed the musical world, a chubby and rather insignificant mobile phone salesman from Wales won the first ever ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Competition on television. The name of this unlikely winner singing Puccini’s aria ‘Nessun dorma’ was Paul Potts, and this … Continue reading
Gangly geek Jarvis Cocker is the most unlikely looking rock-star ever, but seeing the front man of the British indie-pop group PULP ignite frenzied crowds of a packed stadium, you realize that he is in fact one of the very best. His quintessentially English band enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success in the late 1990’s before … Continue reading
Despite what seems like a glut of documentary movies on the veteran rock group The Rolling Stones, filmmaker Paul Dugdale’s contribution and the latest one to the list, is still a sheer treat that will appeal to music-lovers even if they are not die-hard fans. Ever since The Stones were part of the vanguard of the … Continue reading
Back in 1969 an unknown singer-songwriter called Rodriguez was discovered performing in a dive bar in Detroit and was immediately offered a deal to record two albums. His music bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Bob Dylan, but his first album ‘Cold Fact’ received critical acclaim but only zero sales, and when … Continue reading