Anastacia's first studio album since 2004 sees a new woman on board. She's not poking fun at herself with the title Heavy Rotation, it's actually borrowed from a track on the album in which the phrase is a euphemism for sex. With a new husband in tow...
One of the most influential bands of the 60s, the Yardbirds are best remembered as a breeding ground for three of the UK's finest guitar heroes - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. This recently unearthed live recording features the first of tha...
Alfredo Casella was a highly intelligent musician and an inspiring teacher who was largely responsible for Italian music turning away from Puccini and toward the revival of the classical style in the early 20th century.
He's had little attention in t...
Allo Darlin' is the performing name of the lovely and warming Elizabeth Morris (and accomplices), who moved to London from Australia in 2005. A few musical endeavours and quiet attempts at songwriting later, and she has become a new staple of London'...
Texan quartet Explosions in the Sky have been leading lights of their genre since forming over a decade ago. Crafting songs that, true to the band's name, burst like collapsing stars in the darkest night (after prolonged and intense build-ups of swir...
Most performers taking their cue from Paul McCartney tend to focus on his indie-co-inventing melodicism or his silly-love-songs optimism, but never let it be said that Adam Bainbridge is most performers. Instead, doubtless recalling that Sir Thumbsal...