Song: We’ll Meet AgainArtist: Vera LynnYear: 1939 Released in the first year of Britain’s heroic stand against the imperialist evil of Nazi Germany, Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ was a poignant slice of sentimentality that both resonated with the brave… Continue Reading
Song: Money (That’s What I Want)Artist: Barrett StrongYear: 1960 The very first hit on what became Motown Records, ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ was one of the key songs that launched an empire. Breaking the mould of popular music of… Continue Reading
17th February 2015 On a night when the pre-gig bustle of the Colston Hall foyer and the employ of extra security staff are indications of the triumphant return of local hero George Ezra, something rather lower key was going on… Continue Reading
Almost twenty years after American film critic Roger Ebert gave a powerful kick-start to Steve James’ nascent career by declaring his wonderful documentary ‘Hoop Dreams’ as “one of the best films about American life I have ever seen”, James had… Continue Reading
Award-winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) has turned his hand to biography in his latest film ‘Life Itself’, a powerful and touching portrait of late American film critic Roger Ebert. To celebrate the film’s DVD release on 23rd… Continue Reading
Song: Eight Miles HighArtist: The ByrdsYear: 1966 With its droning twelve string guitars, hypnotic basslines and overall vibe of lysergic eeriness, ‘Eight Miles High’ is widely regarded as the very first bona fide psychedelic rock song. Though also dubbed as… Continue Reading
Released on Moshi Moshi Records: 16th February Plugging away within the shadows of cult indie rock obscurity for over sixteen years now, Leicestershire trio The Wave Pictures’ marriage of tuneful tweeness and quirky lyrical minutiae has seen them gradually emerge… Continue Reading
Song: In Dreams (Re-record)Artist: Roy OrbisonYear: 1987 While the majority of early rock and rollers were concerned with projecting a masculine image of priapic cool, Roy Orbison instead employed a brooding mysteriousness that set him apart from his peers. Practically… Continue Reading