Song titles are usually short, memorable, something of the song’s essence in a short phrase. But not always. Some song […]
Every summer, Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive adds recordings to its Sounds of Australia collection. Songs, speeches, recordings, events […]
The 1977 overnight success of Marvin Lee Aday was at least a decade in the making. By the time he […]
The Ronettes were the high point of the early 60s “girl group” phenomenon. Their delicious harmonies were the sound of […]
Late one 1970s night, I walked across London in the rain, coming home from a screening of Let It Be, […]
Motown Records was founded by Berry Gordy in 1959, a bold adventure that very quickly became the sound of young […]
For centuries, there’s been a fascinating relationship between music and dance. Music inspires new dances, and then dances inspire new […]
Compiling a Xmas playlist is always a challenge: enough favourites to please everyone but not too many tunes that have […]
In 1966, American TV executives wanted the “youth” market. They’d seen the success of the zany Beatle films and wanted […]
This year, we’ve looked at the way music changes over time. We’ve gone to the first year of each decade […]
Dolly Parton is one of music’s biggest stars. She’s so much more than her major hit records like Jolene and […]
In November 1971, we unwrapped the new Led Zeppelin album. Side one, track four, went on to become the band’s […]
We’re up to 1991 in our continuing exploration of musical change, decade by decade. The first year of the 90s […]
Concert recordings were once a big deal. Live albums captured bands surfing crowd energy, improvising, taking risks. We got to […]
We’re tracking musical changes through the years, by dropping in to the first year of each decade. In 1981, disco […]
It was the first large scale rock music benefit concert. Sunday August 1, 1971. Two shows at Madison Square Garden, […]
