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Daevid Allen, an Australian poet and musician, has died at the age of 77. Daevid Allen born Christopher David Allen, who was the founder of Soft Machine, pa
A PROGRESSIVE rock band are set to celebrate their 55th anniversary with a show in Carlisle.
Book Reviews - Attila the Stockbroker, Gong, BBC Sessions, Skin Alley by Dave Thompson By Attila the Stockbroker Cherry Red Books (ISBN 978-1-909454-87-3) When Attila the Stockbroker first appeared on the UK punk scene at the dawn of the 1980s, it is unlikely that many folk saw him sticking around. There were, after all, already several self-styled poets spitting acerbic rage and humor into the audience; someone even coined a name for it, the all-too-accurate “ranting,” and Attila, a menacingly proportioned skinhead with a repertoire that embraced dead cats, Albanian football, Soviet take...
Share this article: It’s become a cliché, even for post-Baby Boomers, to look back wistfully on the early ’70s as some kind of untouchable golden age for popular music. But when you survey all the era’s best albums in list form, it’s hard not to trust that instinct. I mean… holy shit. In 1971, the psychedelic era hadn’t completely wilted; prog was nearing its popularity apex; Motown was still a revolutionizing soul music; the folk-rock movement was in full flight. The possibilities were limitless. You know it’s a banner year when 50 albums don’t begin to scratch the surface ...