Rod Clements of Lindisfarne speaks to Jason Barnard about their imminent Magic In The Air UK tour, the new 'Radio Times – Live At The BBC 1971-1990' box set and Lindisfarne’s enduring appeal.
Two years after the release of his solo debut ‘Bel Assis’, ‘Southern Reunion’ comprises a second collection of instrumental observations and ideas by one of Britain’s finest bassists.
One of the UK’s most successful folk-rock bands of the 70s, Lindisfarne is celebrated this April (2023) with the release of Radio Times - Live At The BBC 1971-1990, the definitive take on the band’s time at the Corporation constituting over eight hours of recordings over 8 discs.
Recorded between October 1987 and January 1988 with an enviable line-up of music talent, ‘Bel Assis’ is bassist supremo Mo Foster’s first solo album.
Folk rockers Lindisfarne continue their 2023 Magic In The Air UK tour with more dates this autumn.
The late Neil Ardley was one of the leading lights in the creatively fecund period enjoyed by British jazz music during the 1960s and '7os and her biography of the man by his partner Vivien Ardley is a very welcome addition to the libraries around the lives of the talent he nurtured and co-opted into his many projects, notably the sublime New Jazz Orchestra.
“Magnificent lavish compositions and arrangements adding up to an album that above all extolled love as eternalised in the simple things so easily overlooked, and in the heightened sensual moment jazz celebrates.”
Yardbirds drummer Jim Mccarty gets on the frontier to reflect on his 70's band, Shoot and its only album ...
They may have been relatively short-lived as rock acts go but this sole album release by e-Yardbirds drummer Jim Mccarty's band Shoot still packs a punch.
More rare and unreleased recordings from 60s Brit rock/pop producing maven Pierre Tubbs ...
