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Six-part series on music photography to air on PBS this summer PBS has acquired U.S. domestic broadcast and digital rights for the six-part series Icon: Music Through the Lens from FilmRise ...

Legendary music director Dick Carruthers directed and produced the six-part series to air this summer Brian Welk | May 14, 2021 @ 2:41 PM Photos by Terry O’Neill/Deborah Feingold/Christine Goodwin PBS has acquired the domestic distribution rights to “Icon: Music Through the Lens,” a docuseries about the history of photography for rock stars and musicians through the years. Dick Carruthers, a legendary music director who has worked with artists like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Beyon...

Redecorating her family’s rented house set Hongkonger on a new career as an interior designer The decorative focal point ofFé Valvekens’ dining room in Stanley is its hand-painted wallpaper. Photo: John Butlin Buying a chalet in France was the motivation Fe Valvekens needed to sign up for a year-long course in residential interior design at the Insight School of Interior Design, in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. The property required a full renovation and, although Valvekens has a natural eye for d...

“ Travels on a cloud/He’s one of the good time people now/I’m a face in the crowd/All dressed up and laughing loud/I can talk to him, and I can love him.” This was my introduction hearing the original Nirvana’s ‘Rainbow Chaser’ (no, not Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana) on an UNCUT compilation back in the summer of 2003 entitled, Acid Daze. It was like this crossover between symphonic pop, baroque beauty, and psychedelic phasing that was like a breath of fresh air. They were often under ...

From DEVOs 1978 photoshoot in downtown Akron. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced 16 potential candidates for induction this year. Now, a voting committee will trim the roster to about a half dozen inductees to be announced in May. Planners are looking to stage a live induction ceremony in Cleveland in late October or early November. Here are the nominees: DEVO From DEVOs 1978 photoshoot in downtown Akron. [Janet Macoska] Two sets of Northeast Ohio brothers created a musical style t...

From the pioneers of British Psychedelia and Prog • Limited to 1000 units • Remastered • Includes previously unreleased album • Signed by the band The output of late Sixties pop-rock band Nirvana is collected in Songlife 1967-1972, a highly limited 6LP vinyl box set that comes with a print SIGNED by the band. Nirvana were essentially the duo of Irishman Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Greek Alex Spyropoulos – who, following a chance meeting in London during the summer of 1966, took a lo...

In 1971, Quatro was playing with Patti and another sister, Nancy, in the heavier band Cradle when she was spotted by Most – in town to visit Motown – who told her she was a one-off. After an uncertain period, the “Chinnichap” hit machine of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman wrote and produced 10 of her 11 UK top-40 singles between 1973 and 1980. “They tailored songs to suit my personality and produced my original songs,” she says. “We were a perfect fit. After that...

OH, where to begin? The avalanche? The orgy? Bowie? Dylan? Sean Connery?

How the Abbey Road album cover was shot December 11, 2020 Musicians: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, George Martin Released: 26 September 1969 (Apple Records) Best chart performance: No.1 UK Albums Chart (the album entered the chart at No.1) and No.1 US Billboard Top LPs chart. The LP also reached No.1 in Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and West Germany. Sales: Over 31 million worldwide Fascinating fact: The final track of the ...

GALAXIES: INSIDE THE UNIVERSES STAR CITIES    by David J. Eicher (Wildfire £25) Space, the final frontier. As a big fan of space, I always assumed it was rather black up there, with nothing very much to see. But these amazing photos show the universe as a riot of colour and exceptional beauty. The sheer numbers take the breath away: trillions of stars, billions of galaxies, the distances vast and unbreachable. Eicher, who is editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine, writes wonderfully well abo...