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The TCB Band ( Elvis Presley’s band 1969 -1977)
Elvis Presley adopted "Taking Care of Business in a Flash" as a motto and when he returned to live performances a group of professional musicians was formed as his support.
Sounds Like Music - The new album by The Electric Stars: Velvet Elvis The Only Lover Left Alive.
If you like your music to have a mixture of the psychedelic, good old British R&B, and Glam then you can't go wrong with this fantastic album that has so many textures and layers -
Kirsty - The Life And Songs Of Kirsty MacColl
A documentary chronicling the life of Kirsty MacColl. Featuring contributions from amongst others, Billy Bragg, Bono, Shane MacGowan, Johnny Marr, French & Saunders and Steve Lillywhite.
Rude GRL + CC - Like Wow - Reviewed
'Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home' - Poet Gwendolyn Brooks (7th June 1917 – 3rd December 2000)
Paul Weller’s Mid-Sömmer Musik 12th Nov 2020
‘Where words fail, music speaks’ - Hans Christian Andersen – Writer.
Green Day – Dookie (Full Music Documentary)
This is the critical review of the album that set Green Day on the road to superstardom. For the first time Larry Livermore, the man who discovered Green Day and nurtured the band to the verge of its commercial breakthrough, speaks about life inside the world of Green Day, and his early experiences with the band when they were known as Sweet Children.
Iggy Pop and The Stooges - South Bank Show
"I was trying to create a new musical form. It wasn’t good enough to just do four garage chords and put a few words. No. Something new enough to work. To do that, it was going to be necessary to have people who knew even less than I do." – Iggy Pop
A Short Bio of The Carpenters
Richard and Karen Carpenter (1950 - 1983) were both born in New Haven, Connecticut. Richard Lynn was born in 1946 and Karen Anne followed in 1950. From an early age they both loved to listen to music and because Richard had shown an aptitude his parent moved to LA to be closer to the industry.
The Humblebums (1965 -1971)
Billy “The Big Yin" Connolly was born in Glasgow in 1942. He started off as a folk sing and played banjo. His first band was an old time country music group called The Skillet Lickers and was formed in the 1960s. Later he joined a novelty musical group called The Acme Brush Company.
Prince, A Purple Reign (Documentary)
A documentary film, which explores how Prince - showman, artist, enigma - revolutionised the perception of black music in the 1980s with worldwide hits such as 1999, Kiss, Raspberry Beret, and Alphabet Street.
