Before the advent of the streaming playlist era, creating a big finish for your LP was a big deal. It’s clear that the Eagles ...
Before the age of the internet and social media, it was all about album covers. And London-based art design studio Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic art, for classic rock acts such as Pink ...
Music industry strategist, podcaster and author Keith Jopling shares an extract from his forthcoming new book, Body Of Work: How The Album Outplayed The Algorithm And Survived Playlist Culture. To […] ...
Music videos in the 1980s were to music what the album cover art of the 1970s was to musicians. You bought hook, line, and sinker into these albums based on their cover art, not the snippets you might ...
While the airwaves often recycle the same iconic anthems from the 1970s, a vast and diverse catalog of equally brilliant music remains somewhat buried beneath the mainstream. This decade offered a ...
MANILA, Philippines - ’70s Superband drummer Nitoy Mallillin (photo), adjudged Best Drummer and Best Actor of Shakey’s Taft- Battle of the Bands in the early ‘80s, showcases his vocal talents in his ...
The best ’70s albums capture a complex, tumultuous transitional moment in history, wedged between the hippie 1960s and the gleaming, new-wave ’80s, pioneering new approaches to music to survey an era ...
The Wrecking Crew grabbed all the notoriety in the 60s when it came to ace West Coast session players on a multitude of hit records. The Section, a loose collection of aces that often brought their ...
Elton John says his new album is the “freshest” one he has done since the 70s, marking a new “beginning” for the singer. The new album, "Who Believes in Angels?" is a joint collaboration between the ...
The band, best known for their haunting hit Julia, experienced fleeting early success before disbanding. Yet, founding member, songwriter, and frontman David Surkamp kept the band alive, guiding ...
The album – or at least, the 33rpm vinyl record that spawned the format – turns 70 years old this year. But it isn’t ageing gracefully. Even five years ago, Bob Lefsetz declared that “the album is ...