Last night, in the city of Brighton and Hove, the Neptune Inn pub (in Hove) hosted a small gig for Romany Gilmour, David’s daughter, who contributes to his new album Luck and Strange. With rehearsals for the day finished, David presumably felt he had unfinished business and turned up unannounced to run through Wish You Were Here with his daughter! As Jerry Ewing of Louder Sound/Prog (https://www.loudersound.com/news/wish-you-were-here-david-gilmour-stuns-tiny-brighton-pub-with-live-rendition-of-pink-floyd-classic) reports, Romany had been performing at the pub’s regular Monday evening open mic night, running through Leonard Cohen’s If It Be Your Will, Joanna Newsom’s This Side Of Blue, and her own Lily Of The Roses, when her father arrived with a guitar! A glimpse of the event can be seen here: Very much enjoyed crashing @GilmourRomany (https://twitter.com/GilmourRomany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)âs gig at the Neptune in Hove this evening after finishing tour rehearsals⦠pic.twitter.com/9FxlX2YMIu (https://t.co/9FxlX2YMIu)— David Gilmour (@davidgilmour) September 9, 2024 (https://twitter.com/davidgilmour/status/1833249956427104539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ed Prosek, the Berlin-based polymath, releases his second EP Flesh & Blood Part 2. Ed Prosek is a man of many talents. His new EP, Flesh & Blood Part 2, sees him writing, producing and performing each of the four tracks, which incidentally represent the changes he’s faced in the three years since Flesh & …
Folk and Americana singer-songwriter Gary Hempsey shares the blues-tinted new single ‘Night Flight’. Bringing together heartfelt, poetic lyricism akin to James Taylor with a rich and organic sonic backdrop, Gary Hempsey continues to display his abilities as both a performer and songwriter on ‘Night Flight’. Finger-picked acoustic guitars, warming bass, and strings set a thoughtful, […]
Now published and shipping is a new French language book, Pink Floyd en France. Pink Floyd and the band’s individual members have enjoyed a long relationship with France. From their early appearances on French TV, to their eventual spectacular arena shows – not forgetting the recording of landmark albums such as The Wall – the book traces the band’s historic “French connection”! France embraced Pink Floyd’s music right from the very first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, in 1967. Nick Mason was quoted in Muziq Magazine in November 2016 as saying that “Pink Floyd may never have survived without the French audiences. We toured a lot in France and appeared in many TV shows. It was our home from home in a way. France responded to our music quite rapidly, as opposed to England where our fan base was not always very reliable”. The group performed on more than 60 occasions in France between 1968 until 1994. Roger Waters and David Gilmour also toured extensively in France to promote their solo albums. Nick Mason’s own band Saucerful Of Secrets has also played a few shows there. Author Patrick Ducher tells the band’s story from several different angles: firstly reviewing numerous French rock magazines of the times, including long discontinued and forgotten publications, and secondly his many personal concert recollections. Next, Patrick invited a number of fans to review essential bootlegs, one from each of the bandâs French tours, along with solo performances by individual band members in France. Finally, the author posed the simple question “Why Pink Floyd?” to almost a hundred French fans, passionate followers of the band, and interviewed musicians from several tribute bands, all devoted to keeping Pink Floyd’s music and legacy alive. Pink Floyd en France is a 435 page, French-language hardback book with many rare pictures. The 250 illustrations include magazine covers, adverts, posters, and tickets. It’s now available to order direct from the publishers, at pinkfloydenfrance.com (https://pinkfloydenfrance.com) in standard or limited edition, priced at respectively at â¬45 and â¬85 plus shipping. The limited edition includes a copy of the book signed by the author, a 2-track 7″ by a French Floyd cover band, 2 prints, 4 coasters, and 2 plectrums, all in a special box. The website has full details… To give an idea of its presentation and contents, Patrick has put together a short look – in English – for those who don’t speak French:
