Rock & Pop
Standing in a crowded Caves under an arching ceiling is somewhat akin to being in a church. A noisy,ā¦
The UOGB has landed ā and not a shiny space suit in sight, only their own singular brand of elegant musicalā¦
The dark rises quick in Edinburgh, and never was that truer as this balmy, sun-drenched afternoon is suddenlyā¦
This is living proof that Rock nā Roll is still king! In what is a tribute concert to six of the all-timeā¦
Mark E Smith is unwell. Rumours of his illness circulate the bars and hostelries around Lothian Road in theā¦
I am having a weird altered states flashback to an evening in Sativa circa 1995. My states altered purely byā¦
Itās the first day of September and summer is pretty much semi-officially over.
The stage is empty and dark for several minutes, a low blue light glinting off the front-of-stage keyboardā¦
Itās 50 years since Simon and Garfunkelās āSound of Silenceā hit the British charts. The duoās deliriousā¦
āTo be kindā¦.ā Michael Gira gravely intones in a rich, sonorous singing voice not yet submerged beneath theā¦
Heritage rock, once the preserve of grey-haired bands from the sixties and seventies, is now deep within theā¦
There is no faulting the music to American Idiot.
āWhereās Hookay?!ā goes up the lone cry near the start of tonightās performance in a packed Usher Hall. ā¦
"It is a stunning show." EdinburghGuide.com's reviewer is rocked by We Will Rock You.
Glasgow cancelled. Other Scottish cities such as Stirling and Aberdeen held low-key events with a fewā¦
Itās Sunday night and the Picture House is fit to bursting with hollering friends and families out to supportā¦
For people of a certain age, Sparks will always be one of those weird bands who would show up on Top of theā¦
Guitar and drums duos in rock ānā roll are having a slight purple patch at the moment.
Bryan Ferry is, without question, the most effortlessly cool man in his mid-sixties that I have ever laidā¦
This is the backstage Kinksā story. The band that made the Swinging London Mod scene of the 1960s their own.