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Supercharged by Cian O’Leary’s vocals and rhythm guitar prowess, as well as Oisin O’Regan’s talents as a lead guitarist, ‘Meant To Be’ is more than a gorgeous patchwork of soul-stirring beats. It’s a spotlight, unveiling The Blow In’s refreshing ability to blend traditional Irish folk with modern genre-defying instrumentation. So, with that said, let’s take a deep dive into ‘Meant To Be’ and start brightening up the last few days of January!
Our thanks to Theatrice Westbrook for very kindly sharing recollections of an evening in Irvine, California, in June 1984, when David Gilmour played at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre as part of his About Face tour that year: Chef André Wiederkehr, a friend of my co-worker and friend Karen, got tickets and they had a couple extra. They invited me and other coworker/friend Brian and gave us a ride. Pink Floyd wasn’t really Brian’s cup of tea. He was more New Wave, outrageous⦠he turned me on to John Waters and “Pink Flamingos”! But ironically after a group of us saw Berlin in concert in Hollywood earlier, he told me LA was too much, he couldn’t wait to get back behind that Orange Curtain (the more conservative Orange County, California)! Go figure. Brian had his leg in a cast, but refused a wheelchair and walked from the parking lot to our seat on crutches. (He took up the wheelchair offer after the concert.) We had great seats in the lower section, closest to the stage. David Gilmour’s first solo tour. Roger Waters had also begun his first solo tour during the middle of this tour (and more Floyd acrimony would lay ahead). Before the show, André and I went to the restroom; I came out first. Through the fence I saw a guy in jeans and a red Pendleton talking with crew or someone. He looked like a trucker. I looked at his face from profile, it was David Gilmour, 20-25 feet away, with very short hair. I about shit myself. André came out of the bathroom, talking. André was a super hardcore European Floyd fan from Austria. (Translation: Hardcore fan.) When I pointed out David Gilmour, he stopped in his tracks, staring, speechless. We both stared for a couple minutes before returning to our seats. No opening act. A beautiful Summer eve, a little warm. I had both solo albums and hoped he would play my favourite track “There’s No Way Out of Here” (he didn’t). But I was not disappointed. The new album, “About Face”, was more “radio friendly”, with more guest players (Jeff Porcaro was the drummer). The stage was much more scaled down than on Floyd tours. (Part of the show is visible in the US-only 1984 home video release “David Gilmour Live.”) The band played cuts from Gilmour’s two solo albums along with a couple of Floyd tracks. The stage darkened and a deep synth pulsated in syncopation with lighting on the lip of the stage and around the edge of the stage risers. This signalled the opening song “Until We Sleep”, the first of 5 new album cuts. The band was on it. Loud and clear. I thought I recognized the second guitarist who looked like Mick Ralphs, noted this imposing bald drummer, and a lady on percussion who looked like she was pregnant. The next song was the Pete Townshend/David Gilmour song “All Lovers Are Deranged”, which slammed in the same fashion as the first, and with an ending that presaged the intro/outro of Pink Floyd song “Sorrow” (from the 1987 album “A Momentary Lapse of Reason”), as it shook the whole amphitheater.
2024 has again been an active year for me with several festivals of different genres, and also many concerts. Most of th festivals and concerts were in Norway, but I also attended a festival in Denmark, and my usual yearly … Continue reading
Emerging indie band Split Second has unveiled their latest single, ‘Addicted to Love’. Bringing radiant pop melodies over a striking guitar backdrop, the band capture both a youthful, raw energy and a strikingly complete and polished sound on the single. Atmospheric yet punching and commercially viable, the single is a great example of the bands […]
Filmed around the time of his highly acclaimed Royal Albert Hall shows, and before departing for his nine shows in Los Angeles and New York City, David Gilmour’s appearance (with his band) on the BBC series Later…With Jools Holland has now been detailed. It is the third episode (of six) from series 65 of the show, which always features a variety of artists and musical styles. Airing on the UK’s BBC Two on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:25pm, it will then be available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer service through this link (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5f). From the programme notes: “Jools welcomes to the show legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Gilmour to perform a couple of songs from his album Luck and Strange, including the track Between Two Points; Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers with a couple of tracks from their album Cartoon Darkness; 80s icons The The with a song from their album Ensoulment; singer-songwriter Dhruv with the track Tragedy from his debut album, Private Blizzard; and South African hip-hop tour de force Moonchild Sanelly with her song Do My Dance from her album Full Moon.”
Biopsy O Boutique have recently released their dark and mysterious new single ‘Nettle Kiss’, the title track from the bands new album. Displaying a soundscape of grunge and dark rock comparable to Nine Inch Nails among others, the track highlights the bands creativity and ability to craft unsettling yet subtly catchy and distinctive soundscapes. We […]
Following a year of highlights including the bands debut US gigs and heavy support from Radio X, Brighton based quartet Canned Pineapple return with a new dose of their infectious fuzzy, vintage, pop-rock sound with ‘Jessie Met Jane’. The single comes with the announcement of the band’s anticipated upcoming EP ‘Big Break’. With Irish frontman […]
Brighton-based quintet Canned Pineapple are back with a bang, delivering their latest infectious single, ‘She Says’ blending elements of early Rolling Stones with The Strokes to great effect. Led by the dynamic duo of Irish vocalist Seán Drury and his songwriting partner Oakley Gardiner, the band’s lineup is rounded out by the talents of multi-instrumentalist […]
To be released on June 7th, 2024 are all three of Nick Mason’s solo albums as individual LPs and CDs for the first time since their original release. In August 2018, the limited edition Unattended Luggage box set gathered the three album together but now you can get them separately. For those who need reminding, Fictitious Sports was Nick’s debut solo album from 1981, which included collaborations with a variety of different musicians including Robert Wyatt and Carla Bley. 1985’s Profiles saw him hook up with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn, and is a mainly instrumental album except for tracks Lie for a Lie which features vocals from Maggie Reilly and Floyd bandmate David Gilmour. and Israel, sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel. Finally, there’s White of the Eye, another collaboration with Rick Fenn, a soundtrack for the British thriller movie of the same name. Originally released on January 1st 1987 on Harvest in the UK, and Columbia in the US, to coincide with the film’s release, the 2018 saw it appear on CD for the first time. ORDERING INFORMATION:
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Here is the second part of my personal favorite photos from 2023. They are not ranked, but all of them are special to me in one way or another. You will see 30 photos from different settings and genres. They … Continue reading