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Watch David Gilmour Cover Syd Barrett’s ‘Octopus’ For ‘Von Trapped Family’ Livestream Series Jun 5, 2021 Syd Barrett’s “Octopus.” The clip is from the 2020 Von Trapped Family livestream series. Gilmour performed Barrett’s “Octopus” during the May 7, 2020 edition of Von Trapped Family. The episode also saw the legendary guitarist discussing his relationship with Syd and also playing Barrett’s “Dominoes.” “Octopus” appears on Syd’s 1970 debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, which Gilmour co-produced with Roger Waters and others. Advertisement Octopus
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021 22:01 Joyce with a voice Musicians including Adrian Crowley, Lisa Hannigan, and Cora Venus Lunny will perform new versions of James Joyce poems as part of this year's St. Patrick’s Festival, with a double vinyl album of their interpretations set to follow. Lisa Hannigan. Photo: Cormac Scully Making its first release on its own label, Ireland’s only Record Pressing Plant, Dublin Vinyl, will release the musical take on Joyce’s poetry book, Pomes Penyeach, which was published in 1927 as thirteen short poems. The album features Crowley (vocals, piano, aco...
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Crazy Diamond: how LSD ruined Pink Floyd's fragile genius Syd Barrett 19 Feb, 2021 01:28 AM 4 minutes to read Syd Barrett, far right, during his tenure with Pink Floyd. Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: Neil McCormick Syd Barrett is the lost boy of British pop. A dazzling original who saw and heard differently to everyone else, he went through the looking glass in search of his psychedelic vision, and never came back. Barrett's story is a tragic saga of glory and madness, part daring adventure, part cautionary tale. By the age of 23, he had changed music forever – and it had destr...