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Great 34 Minute Documentary On Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
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Multi-Disc Box Set Of Frank Zappaās āThe Mothers 1970ā Set For Release
Frank ZappaāsĀ The Mothers 1970Ā is set to be reissued digitally and as a 4CD box set on 26 June via Zappa Records/UMe. Overseen by the Zappa Trust and produced by Ahmet Zappa and Zappa Vaultmeister, Joe Travers, The Mothers 1970 collects … Continue reading
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Trailer For The Band’s ‘Once We Were Brothersā
Magnolia Pictureshas released a new trailer for āOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,ā a forthcoming documentary produced by Martin Scorsese.The film, which hits cinemaās this week is directed by Daniel Roher, and largely focuses on Robertsonās personal journey, … Continue reading
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Trailer For New Martin Scorsese Documentary On The Band
āIt was so beautiful it went up in flames,ā Robbie Robertson says of the Bandās story. From executive producers Martin Scorsese, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard and director Daniel Roher is the latest Band documentary, which touches extensively on Robertsonās … Continue reading
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The Day The Music Burned – The 2008 Universal Fire
A New York Times investigation has revealed that decades of Universal Music Group treasures burned in 2008. By Niraj Chokshi From The New York Times. June 12th 2019 Eleven years ago this month, a fire ripped through a part of … Continue reading
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Interview With Charlie Gillett From 2008
ļ»æ The late Charlie Gillett was a renowned broadcaster, journalist and author. He wrote the acclaimed and influential ‘Sound Of The City’ (“the first serious and comprehensive history of rock & roll”) and the story of Atlantic Records ‘Making Tracks’. … Continue reading
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Netflix Documentary On Robert Johnson
Netflix has made a new documentary about the life of legendary Delta blues guitarist Robert Johnson, whose guitar playing in the 1930ās was pioneering for the genre and laid the template for rockānāroll. The film is called āRemastered: Devil at … Continue reading
Springsteen On Broadway
Itās 45 years since of Springsteenās debut album āGreetings From Asbury Park, N.J.ā released in 1973. The album sold poorly, but it started of a career spanning years of sell out three-hour stadium gigs and world tours. Now 69, he … Continue reading
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Accordion Revolution – Due 2019
A New Book by Bruce Triggs – Due in the Spring of 2019! Uncover the hidden history of the Accordion in North America:Ā fromĀ the Industrial Revolution to the Rock and Roll upheaval of theĀ 1960’s. The book features the ‘squeeze’box in Rock … Continue reading
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Rudeboy : The Story Of Trojan Records
By Garth Cartwright Running from November 1st -18th Londonās Doc āN Roll film festival offers up 28 music documentaries that range from a study of ‘lost’ Ethiopian jazz of the 1960s through to a scholarly overview of Tunbridge Wellsā pantoā … Continue reading
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