Marc Maron: podcasting’s new king I’ve just been listening to the American stand-up comedian and podcast sensation, Marc Maron, interviewing Iggy Pop (see link lower on the page). What an interesting encounter this was, probably the most lucid and relaxed I’ve heard Iggy yet. Much of the credit must go to Maron’s depth of knowledge regarding his subject matter….
Updated August 31 2021. ‘Roads’ by The Bloody Nerve: Classic Rock magazine’s Track of the Week. It’s strange how some American artists make it big in Britain first. Jimi Hendrix, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, the Walker Brothers and the band America spring to mind. Let’s hope Nashville’s The Bloody Nerve follow suit. After fire destroyed…
UK’s music venues down on their knees Just as I finished Dave Haslem’s entertaining new book, Life After Dark, A History of British Nightclubs and Music Venues, I read that the UK music venue and nightclub industry is on its knees. Almost half have closed in the last ten years, say the newspapers. Some 3,144 venues offered late…
Jimmy Page with The Tower House, left. Next door is Robbie Williams’ Woodland House Sunday was gorgeous in London, hitting 27c, so we took a stroll to Holland Park, on the way passing Jimmy Page’s 1875 gothic mansion, on the park’s edge. Now, we all know Jimmy’s interest in witchcraft, black magic and Satanism, and his house certainly fits the…
Updated 26 May 2016 The first ever electric guitar hit record also happened to be blues: Floyd’s Guitar Blues. But before that, here’s Bennie Moten’s iconic band. Guitarist Eddie Durham is 2nd left, next to that great blues vocalist, Jimmy Rushing, left We’re talking 1939 here when the electric guitar was in its infancy. As it happens,…
