Celebrating the 30th anniversary since it’s original release in 1996, this 87 minute documentary serves as a fascinating period piece of a time when the Glastonbury Festival was at the tail end of its analog form, still existing, mainly, as… Continue Reading
(Photo by M. Becker) Something akin to a gifted script doctor or screenplay virtuoso in the mediums of film and television, it is the session musician who seems disproportionately unsung in the integral contributions made in adding flair and texture… Continue Reading
During this consistently stifling summer of 2025, there’s been more than just a whiff of nineties nostalgia floating in the air. The reconciliation between the Brothers Gallagher and resulting sixteen-years-in-the-making Oasis reunion has apparently infused many a middle-aged bastard with… Continue Reading
Toward the end of this enjoyable and inspiring 100 minute documentary, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne describes the eponymous collective of session musicians therein as “as much the authors of these songs and this music as the artists they did it with.”… Continue Reading
18th May 2022 “It’s a testament to the strength of our Mayfest audiences that so many of you have turned up this evening” says festival co-director Kate Yedigaroff in referencing the torrential weather conditions and the as-good-as capacity turn out… Continue Reading
6th October 2021 While filming 1965 film ‘Help!’, George Harrison picked up a sitar being used by musicians in a restaurant scene and thus began The Beatles guitarist’s life encompassing obsession with Indian music, and Indian culture in general.… Continue Reading
7th October 2019 Within the first few minutes of Midge Costin’s impassioned ode to the art of cinematic sound design, the audio elements that augment our favourite films are described as “subliminal, understated and under the radar”. The art… Continue Reading
1st October 2018 Considering that Elvis Presley is likely the most celebrated person to ever walk the Earth, yet another documentary film perambulating the well-worn terrain of his biography seems – like another Nightmare on Elm Street movie or… Continue Reading