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Tag Archives: Led Zeppelin
Don’t you wonder sometimes about sound and vision? Talking large rock sound systems with Chris Hewitt
In the last three years alone, Chris Hewitt has published four mighty tomes neatly summing up his rather niche love of, and involvement with, live sound systems and outdoor music events down the decades. Regular readers may already know the … Continue reading
What we still do on our holidays – talking Fairport Convention, Cropredy, and much more with Dave Pegg
Legendary bass player Dave Pegg marked his latest big birthday in style recently, turning 75 with lots of good friends at Dudley Town Hall, a date that also marked 53 years’ involvement with British folk-rock legends Fairport Convention. “It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Bob Dylan, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Elton John, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Joe Brown, John Bonham, Krumlin, Led Zeppelin, Liege & Lief, Little Hadham, Mike Burney, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Perranporth, Ralph mcTell, Richard Houghton, richard Thompson, Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, Simon nicol, The Beatles, The Shadows, Woodworm
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Blessed is the Greek – the Tony Michaelides interview
It was barely 7am in Florida when I caught up with broadcaster and former music industry promotions high-flier Tony Michaelides. But he’d already walked his dog, still seemingly functioning on Manchester time, 18 years after leaving the North West for … Continue reading
Truly making his mark – in conversation with Seth Lakeman
Seth Lakeman is back, and on the evidence of new LP, Make Your Mark, the last 18 months did nothing to blunt his creative prowess. Emerging from the long days, weeks and months of lockdown, the celebrated indie-folk singer-songwriter and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Pilgrim's Tale, Alex Hart, Ben Nicholls, Benji Kirkpatrick, Cara Dillon, Cornwall, Devon, Equation, folk, Freedom Fields, Honour Oak Records, Kate Rusby, Kitty jay, Lakeman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Make Your Mark, Penlee, Plymouth, Plymouth Argyle, Poor Man's Heaven, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Plant, Sam Lakeman, Sean Lakeman, Seth Lakeman, Solomon Browne, Stephane Grappelli, Toby Kearney
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Evoking the spirit of early Uriah Heep – a tribute to Ken Hensley
So many times I’ll put a record on and be transported back to specific times and places, that ability and chance to reflect involving many a genre, many a style of music, many an evocative memory. And while there was … Continue reading
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Tagged Camel, David Byron, Demons and Wizards, Gary Thain, guildford, Iain Clark, July Morning, Ken Hensley, Led Zeppelin, Lee Kerslake, Level 42, Lewis Carroll, Look at Yourself, Mick Box, Paul Newton, paul weller, Shalford, Tale From the riverbank, The Jam, The Magician's Birthday, The Mount, This is Spinal Tap, Uriah Heep, Vivian Stanshall
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The Levellers, for folk’s sake – the Mark Chadwick interview
Three decades ago, a conversation in a pub in a busy South coast resort led to the newly-introduced Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham discovering they had plenty in common, not least their political world-view and taste in music. As guitarist … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged A Weapon Called the Word, Abbey Road Studios, Beautiful Days, Brighton, Glastonbury Festival, Jeremy Cunningham, Joe Strummer, John Leckie, Led Zeppelin, Levellers, Levelling the Land, Mark Chadwick, Metway, The Clash, The Men They Couldn't Hang, We the Collective, Zeitgeist
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A Whole Lotta Zeppelin, with the Black Dog Orchestra
There’s a treat in store for Led Zeppelin fans next month, as Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters opens its UK run at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, prompting us to get the lowdown from this grand-scale production’s Aussie front-man, Vince Contarino. Four … Continue reading
Paying homage to the blues – the Joe Bonamassa interview
Joe Bonamassa has not long finished his latest tour on home soil, involving 20-plus dates in barely a month, taking in – as he put it – ‘all the great metropolitan cities of the United States of America’. That came … Continue reading
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Tagged BB King, Blues of Desperation, British Blues Explosion, Cavern Club, Dave Stewart, Donald Trump, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Hoghton Tower, Humble Pie, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, Kevin Shirley, Led Zeppelin, Liverpool, New York, Otis Rush, Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Stephen Stills, Symphony at the Tower
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