The legend of forgotten musical genius Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Dismissed as a dime-store Shostakovich, then praised as a major modern composer
Music
Sunday
Wednesday
Along came Bill Evans
No matter his personal woes, Evans almost always vouchsafed his listeners something not merely to dig but to cherish
Sunday
Take a trip with Hawkwind
Hawkwind played notes from underground, but they had a global influence
Tuesday
I’m turning Japanese
In the Eighties, Japan had prosperity, optimism, loads of bizarre porn and the solace of technological gadgetry
Monday
Dark knight of cool
Poor Chet Baker. He really was born to be blue
Wednesday
Charles Brown’s Christmas
’Tis the season for collectible vinyl
Sunday
The great lost Beatles album
It’s a real shame the Christmas flexis have not had a proper, all-on-one album release
Sunday
The wonder of Wagner
There is indeed greatness in much of Wagner’s music. Pace Herr Nietzsche, he could write rhythm
Thursday
Back to my Toots
Farewell to the father of reggae
Wednesday
Booker prized
Notes on a New Orleans professor
Wednesday
Morals and mortality
How will we remember the great musicians of the past?
Friday
Brazilian wax
Before the Beatles were boss, there was bossa nova
Thursday
‘I think The Kinks could have found a better frontman’: Ray Davies interviewed
For all his reputation as one of England’s defining pop songwriters, America was Davies’ inspiration, and it is to the subject of America that he has been drawn these past few years.
