Island By Renaissance There is an island Where it should never be Surrounded by suburban sea And through the tired and hopeless waves To where it’s free I want to be there For the rest of my time There on the island The sun is always bright The moon sends the darkness away in the night I know that it’s waiting I know there’s a place ready for me I want to be there For the rest of my time Warm sounds of windsongs Come … Continue reading →
I’ll really miss Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complimented Jim Morrison’s gloomy vocals, helped set the mood for some of rock’s most enduring songs. I had no idea he had been ill, although the more recent pictures of him did not seem to indicate that he was aging all that well. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. The Doors have sold more than 100 million records and songs such as “Light My … Continue reading →
“Love You To” is a song by the Beatles from the album Revolver. It is sung and written by George Harrison and features North Indian classical instrumentation; tabla, a pair of hand-drums, sitar and a tambura providing a drone. “Love You To” was the first Beatles’ song that seriously attempted to incorporate Indian classical music and has even been hailed as the first pop song to emulate a non-western form in structure and instrumentation. As such, it first introduced Western pop music fans to the … Continue reading →
The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death. The event was organized by Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, and arranged under the musical direction of Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne. The profits from the event went to the Material World Charitable Foundation, an organization set up by Harrison. The concert opened with a traditional Sanskrit invocation, the Sarvesham chant, followed by Indian music … Continue reading →
Biography From Wikipedia: Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician and composer who played the plucked-string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician. Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. … Continue reading →
This recording is one of the clearest of Joni Mitchell’s voice I’ve ever heard. California – Joni Mitchell/James Taylor | Music Upload 5 CommentsChronological Reverse Threaded deletereply rosiefielding2 wrote on Oct 7, ’09 great voice thanks Rosiex deletereply gypsy4you wrote on Oct 7, ’09 I am an old fan of both. thanks! deletereply nemo4sun wrote on Oct 8, ’09 her voice is a sound of nature that floats on a soft breeze effortlessly 🙂 editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Oct 8, ’09 nemo4sun said … Continue reading →
I just read this about the “Cute Beatle”. Despite several threats by extremists, Paul McCartney has refused to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel. He will go ahead with a gig in honour of the country’s 60th anniversary. “I do what I think and I have many friends who support Israel,” McCartney told Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth this weekend. His comments come in response to a Sunday Express interview with the militant Islamic activist Omar Bakri Muhammad. “If he values his life Mr McCartney must … Continue reading →
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was an event held at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel (Sullivan County) is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, which is in adjoining Ulster County. The festival exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s – early 1970s and the “hippie era”. Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend. Although attempts … Continue reading →
This picture of Justin Hayward was taken out of a program booklet when The Moody Blues did two benefit concerts in New York City in 1991. I’ve been to so many of their concerts in New York City. This concert was at the Paramount Theater and the photo was from the Tour Of The Kingdoms. The big hit at this time was, “Say It With Love.” It was a benefit concert, and after it had finished, the first ten rows of people (we had what was … Continue reading →
I thought this would be a great song to post for Valentine’s Day. RAY THOMAS of The Moody Blues was born on 29th December 1941 in Stourport on Severn (Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town in north of Worcestershire England). He attended the Paget Road Secondary Modern School, and later qualified as a toolmaker. In the early ’50s Ray joined the Birmingham Youth Choir and then sang with various groups including The Saints and Sinners and The Ramblers. At that time playing the … Continue reading →
