American hardly known in USA is now UK blues icon

American hardly known in USA is now UK blues icon

Updated 1 June 2016. Seasick Steve Describing Oakland-born Californian Steve Wold as a national treasure in the UK might be over-egging the pudding a bit; but for many British rock and pop fans, the 74-year-old American guitarist is certainly a blues icon. Steve first sprang to prominence aged 65 on Jools Holland’s New Year’s Eve BBC TV rock music…

Was this concert pianist the first hippy?

Was this concert pianist the first hippy?

 Updated 1 June 2016 The internationally acclaimed concert pianist, Percy Grainer Down Under this week, I visited Melbourne University’s Percy Grainger Museum. You’ve probably never heard of Percy Grainger, an Australian, but he was one of the more interesting composers that ever lived. Born in Melbourne in 1882, Grainger was an internationally-famous concert pianist, musical maverick and one of…