By bandweblogs on Feb 14, 2008 in Albums, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Artists, Beatles, Cds, Creation Records, Franz Ferdinand, Hoorgi House Records, Ivor Cutler, Jeremy Cutler, John Lennon, John Peel, Music, Musicians, Poets, Record Companies | 1 Comment

Two years after the death of iconic poet and musician Ivor Cutler, his family have announced a new release of ‘A Flat Man’, Ivor’s final album. This much-sought-after album has been unavailable since 1999 …
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By bandweblogs on Sep 28, 2007 in Albums, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Estrella Morente, Events, Festivals, Gigs, Music, Musicians, Norway, Oslo, Poets, Ras Nas, Reggae, Tanzania, World Music Festival | 0 Comments

Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi, a musician and poet from Tanzania, is one of the artists at this year’s Oslo World Music Festival. The Festival, one of the biggest in Scandinavia in the World Music genre, takes place in Oslo, Norway from 30th October – 4th November, 2007 [...]
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By Jenny May on Sep 17, 2007 in Albums, Music, New Releases, Reviews and Commentary | Tags: Billie Holiday, Calypso, Cds, Instrumental, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Lyrics, Music, Musicians, Piano, Poets, Shine, Singer/Songwriter | 2 Comments

Joni Mitchell’s latest album ‘Shine’ has thankfully fallen into my hands and I’ve been taking my time, savoring her songs for this review [...]
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