by Greg Wilson
on 28. Jun, 2011
in CD’s / Digital, DJ / Club Culture, Hear, Living To Music, Records, Remixes / Edits, The Eighties
This Sunday (July 3rd), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/
The League Unlimited Orchestra’s ‘Love And Dancing’ was a seminal dance albums, yet it’s something that many people will be completely unaware of. However, if I mentioned the classic Human League LP ‘Dare’, which included major hits like ‘Don’t You Want Me’, ‘Love Action’, ‘Open Your Heart’ and ‘The Sound Of The Crowd’, most people would know exactly what I was talking about.
by Greg Wilson
on 07. Jun, 2011
in Black Culture, Documentaries, Film, Hear, Living To Music, Read, See, The Sixties
Looking deeper into Folk and Country music has been a case of overcoming the final prejudice in many respects. These were always genres I shied away from, even though I’ve happily cherry picked tracks that I’ve liked along the way. I suppose I dismissed Folk as antiquated, and Country as over-sentimental, and although I’ve had a basic understanding of their roles in shaping popular music, I’ve never had the inclination to look beneath the surface. Until more recently that is.
by Greg Wilson
on 01. Jun, 2011
in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Records, The Seventies
This Sunday (June 5th), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate.
by Greg Wilson
on 11. May, 2011
in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Living To Music, Misc, Records, The Eighties, The Seventies
Just over 5 months after John Lennon had been shot dead in New York, another 20th century great was taken away from us. Bob Marley was just 36 when he died, thirty years ago today, on May 11th 1981.
by Greg Wilson
on 26. Apr, 2011
in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Psychedelia, Records, The Sixties
This Sunday (May 1st), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Described as ‘one of the first racially diverse American pop bands’, Love, led by Memphis born ‘black hippie’, Arthur Lee, broke the mould. Hailing from Los Angeles, the band issued their self-titled debut album in 1966, following up with ‘De Capo’ in early ’67, before releasing the LP they’re best remembered for, ‘Forever Changes’ towards the end of the same year.
by Greg Wilson
on 28. Mar, 2011
in CD’s / Digital, DJ / Club Culture, Film, Hear, Living To Music, Manchester, Read, Records, The Eighties, The Nineties
This Sunday (April 3rd), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/
‘Screamadelica’, the third album by Scottish indie-rockers Primal Scream, was a departure from their previous recordings. Taking up the baton from Madchester’s Indie-Dance exponents, the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses, Primal Scream put their finger firmly on the pulse of cultural change, triggered by the Acid House movement of the late 80’s, and instinctively set about soundtracking it, capturing the essence of the era more than any other album – it was a zeitgeist bullseye.
by Greg Wilson
on 01. Mar, 2011
in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Records, See, The Eighties, The Seventies
This Sunday (March 6th), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/
Grace Jones was undoubtedly one of the most cutting-edge artists of the early 80’s - her unique fusion of Reggae and New Wave, coupled with her strikingly stark androgynous image (created in partnership with stylist Jean-Paul Goude), setting her apart as a true cult icon.
by Greg Wilson
on 01. Feb, 2011
in Black Culture, CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, Records, The Seventies
This Sunday (Feb 6th), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here: http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/
by Greg Wilson
on 19. Jan, 2011
in CD’s / Digital, Living To Music, Records
The blog stats went through the roof yesterday following the BBC TV News item about Classic Album Sundays, the monthly London audiophile gathering hosted by Cosmo, and inspired by the Living To Music sessions that provide such a key feature of this blog.
Under the title ‘Are Record Clubs The New Book Clubs?’ you can view the piece here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12209143
by Greg Wilson
on 29. Dec, 2010
in CD’s / Digital, Hear, Living To Music, The Seventies
This Sunday (Jan 2nd), at 9pm, you’re invited to share a listening session with some likeminded souls, wherever you might be. This can be experienced either alone or communally, and you don’t need to leave the comfort of your own home to participate. Full lowdown here:
http://www.gregwilson.co.uk/2010/06/living-to-music/
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