Music - Page 13

Currently in search of a snappy portmanteau to call his own, it’s Contributing Author and DJ Professor Dan, with copious notes on what was happening musically around this time… in 2005

Of the millions of musical instruments that have been crafted over the centuries, most meet an expected and unceremonious ending. In some fashion, they are retired. They become broken, lost, or just plain worn out. But sometimes, they are re-discovered and go on to create new music. Here are a few situations where a particular instrument ended up changing hands – and received a new assignment. The Famed Instrument: This Kay M-1 Maestro Upright Bass Where You’ve Heard It: On just about all of the early Elvis Presley hits. Bill Black was Elvis Presley’s original bassist and played on many

You say you can’t get enough Number Ones? Well, our good friend from The Nation Of Shopkeepers is pleased to oblige: Join Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds’ for a brand new chapter of Streams Of Statistics

We know where he came from. but where will he go? Why, back 30 years, of course – it’s Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan, with a three-fer about what was happening musically around this time… in 1995

Deftly deploying the Shift 9 and Shift 10 keys on his Smith Corona, it’s (Contributing Author) Stobgopper, looking to find some kind of musical rule set for the usage of rounded brackets

Contributing Author Chuck Small returns with the second half of a two-parter that delightfully deploys a uniquely arbitrary method of curation, for a fun and eclectic sonic result

Getting his kicks above the waistline, sunshine, it’s Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan, who delivers a solid-as-a-rock report on what was happening musically around this time… in 1985

Time-tripping back 51 (!) years, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie,with a fair and balanced summation of one of the more controversial 12-month periods in 20th century pop music