ORNETTE COLEMAN IS THIS YEAR’S MELTDOWN FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR JUNE 2009

Sunday, 29 March 2009 By

Ornette Coleman, saxophonist, violinist, metaphysician has been announced as director of this year’s Meltdown festival. Coleman pioneered the idea of improvising without chord changes in the late-1950s, giving birth to the free jazz revolution and forever changing the musical landscape. From landmark releases in his early career including The Shape [...]

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MORRISSEY’S ‘YEARS OF REFUSAL’ FEATURES JEFF BECK

Saturday, 24 January 2009 By

Morrissey will release “Years of Refusal” in the UK on February 16 and the US February 17, 2009 on Attack/Lost Highway. “Years of Refusal” will be Morrissey’s first studio album since 2006’s UK #1 “Ringleader of the Tormentors”. In February, Morrissey will begin the US leg of his world tour [...]

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Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of “Morrissey” and the “Smiths” (Ebury Press)

Thursday, 4 December 2008 By

Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original and controversial voices in the history of popular music. With The Smiths, he led the most influential British guitar group of the 1980s, his enigmatic wit and style defining a generation. As a solo artist, he has continued to broach subjects [...]

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