AFRICANASIA, PART TWO Claude Delcloo / Arthur Jones Africanasia BYG/Actuel : 1969 Claude Delcloo, drums; Arthur Jones, alto sax; Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Kenneth Terroade, flutes; Clifford Thornton, conga; Malachi Favors, log-drum; Earl Freeman, gong, bell, percussion. Africanasia, the two words run together to indicate both the seamless intermeshing of musical influences and the overall flow of the [...]

Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Brooklyn Bowl – January 27 Words : Samara Lentz Photos : Mitch Manzella Blue lights flood the stage to start the show. Marco Benevento begins hammering the melodic prelude to “No Quarter.” With a few more chords melting into recognition, the informed members of the crowd let out a “whoooo!” of approval. And then, an explosion of sound in perfect syncopation—it was Led Zeppelin like I have never heard it before. [All Photos by Mitch Manzella] I wasn’t the only one who saw Bustle in Your Hedgerow for the first time last Friday at Brooklyn Bowl. I ...

There’s always something rather special about witnessing an up and coming musician play live - right before they hit the big time. And watching Michael Kiwanuka and Emeli Sandé play an intimate gig in Shoreditch is a true testament to that. Both Brit musicians are tipped to be huge stars, with Kiwanuka crowned BBC’s Sound of 2012 and Scottish singer Sandé winner of this year’s prestigious Brits Critics’ Choice award (a gong that’s previously been won by the likes of Adele, Jessie J and Florence and the Machine), it’s fair to say this is an eagerly ...

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of New Music by Region . Every fortnight we aim to present the best new music in 6 major cities and regions from across the UK (and Ireland). With the help of regional correspondents, we plan to present our shortlist of new music in Birmingham, Brighton, Dublin, London, Norwich and Oxford. New Music by Region #15 can be found here ! Name : Is I Cinema – ‘Testarossa’ For Fans Of : Delphic and Spiritualized Website : Official website Correspondent : Lyle Bignon Taken from The Unnamed, recorded with Midlands production maestro Gavin Monaghan (Scott Matthews, The Destroyers, Editors, Carina Round), 'Testarossa ...

Lana Del Rey   has gotten a ton of press since she performed on Saturday Night Live last weekend. Unfortunately it’s been the wrong kind of press.   Leave Lana Del Rey Alone! Lana Del Rey’s performance was largely panned by the blogosphere and fans watching that night. Even celebrities got their digs in: Actress Juliette Lewis Tweeted  “Wow watching this ‘singer’ on SNL is like watching a 12 year old in their bedroom when theyre pretending to sing and perform #signofourtimes.” And NBC Nightly News anchor  Brian Williams  sent an e-mail to Gawker founder  Nick Denton , where he called ...

Fuck you, SOPA! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck YOOOOUUUUU!!!! (mp3) Asva - Birds Available on Presences of Absences (2011) (mp3) Dr Dre & B Real - Pupper master Available on Muggs Presents: The Soul Assassins, Chapter I (1997) (mp3) Gong - Perfect mystery Available on You (1974) (mp3) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Thousand island park Available on Birds of Fire (1973) (mp3) King Crimson - Three of a perfect pair Available on Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)

The band also talk about the 'shock' of Laura Marling winning a gong last year

Damian "JR GONG" Marley - Set Up Shop by Damian Marley Via Jamrock aka Kingston Town

Dangerous Minds : (We think the dude from Gong might be exaggerating some of his story. But we really hope not. – Ed.) Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played “George Jefferson” on the The Jeffersons and All in the Family is known to be a huge fan of prog rock, especially Gentle Giant, Nektar and Gong. Hemsley collaborated with Yes’s Jon Anderson on a funk-rock opera about the “spiritual qualities of the number 7” (never produced). Hemsley also did an interpretive dance to the Gentle Giant song “Proclamation” on Dinah Shore’s 70s talkshow, that was apparently somewhat confusing for her ...

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has unveiled details of a collaboration with metal legends Ratt. Dave Grohl has no intentions of slowing down. Ending 2011 with a flurry of live shows, Foo Fighters sealed their position as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. Stepping aside from the American act, Dave Grohl has now unveiled plans for a collaboration with Ratt. 80s metal icons, band members Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and Warren DeMartini (guitar) have hooked up with Grohl for a number of recording sessions. Details of the project were revealed on social network site (via Noise Creep) with ...

Words: Saam Das A selection of FG writers submitted their favourite films of 2011. Each was released in UK cinemas during the calendar year. I totted the votes up and added some patented editorial magic to present this list of our top 20 films of 2011. With contributions from: Ced Yuen, Lauren Johnson-Ginn, Raman Kamboh, Alicia McBride, Paul Dean and Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn. 20) 'The Help' (76% Rotten Tomatoes critic approval / 8.0 IMDB user rating) Heartwarming tale transcending the racial barriers of 60s America or standard Oscar fodder? We think it falls just on the right side of sincerity, despite ...

Happy New Year, y’all. Rob Bowman’s extensive notes to the 1999 box set, Malaco Records: The Last Soul Company , revealed a lot to me when it first came out about Wardell Quezergue’s years working out of the company’s Jackson, MS studio, including the exact line-up of vocalists he and his partner, Elijah Walker, brought up from New Orleans on May 17, 1970 to wrap up their first big production project there. That trustworthy account, backed up by Knight’s recollections to Jeff Hannusch in The Soul of New Orleans , have Knight, King Floyd, Bonnie & Sheila, the Barons, and Joe Wilson all doing vocal tacks on the sessions which were eventually released by various labels. Since I covered the Barons’ Malaco sessions in the prior post (just scroll down, if you missed it), this installment focuses on the rest of the slate and examples of records they made at the studio under Big Q’s direction. Most of the contingent took that first trip up in a funky, old, un-air-conditioned school bus that Walker arranged for, an appropriate conveyance in a sense, when you consider the way Wardell schooled singers and musicians for his sessions, and the poly-rhythmic grooves to be found on many of the resulting tracks. What he presided over during his tenure at Malaco was actually a unique re-allignment of the funk feel, first expressed by his arrangement of King Floyd’s “Groove Me” . Since the song is fairly well-known and easily accessible, I’m not featuring the audio here; but how ...

Daytrader are currently recording their debut LP with Mike Sapone, but the band has confirmed that they will be playing some shows in the south and in Texas during February. Check out a tweet from the band below by clicking “Read More”. we’re gong to play some shows in the south and texas for the first time in february

anamnesis \an-am-NEE-sis\, noun: 1. The recollection or remembrance of the past. 2. Platonism. Recollection of the Ideas, which the soul had known in a previous existence, especially by means of reasoning. 3. The medical history of a patient. 4. Immunology. A prompt immune response to a previously encountered antigen, characterized by more rapid onset and greater effectiveness of antibody and T cell reaction than during the first encounter, as after a booster shot in a previously immunized person. 5. (Often initial capital letter) a prayer in a Eucharistic service, recalling the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. Anamnesis is derived ...

U2 producer Steve Lillywhite also receives the gong in annual list