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Peter Gabriel adds 2009 dates + wins Grammy

Peter Gabriel has added more dates to his South American and Mexican tour in March – you can see a full list of dates so far here. Narrowly pipped at the post for the Best Song Oscar by Slumdog Millionaire, Peter did win a Grammy... Read more

Dub Colossus No.1 in World Music Charts

B&W Music Club artists Dub Colossus are currently no.1 in the World Music Chart Europe with A Town Called Addis which was our August album. Recorded originally in a shed in Addis Ababa and completed at Real World studios, Wiltshire, it is a unique attempt... Read more

Portico Quartet Top 10 favourite recordings

We’ve been asking Society of Sound artists and Fellows for 10 tracks that really stand out in terms of the way they’ve been recorded. Here’s a list from current B&W Music Club Artists Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie: (spot the obvious mistake..) 1 This must be... Read more

Is Studio Recording Killing Music?

Sparked on by a love of classic record producers such as Phil Spector, Joe Meek, and Sam Phillips, Bowers & Wilkins got together a panel of musical experts to see what they had to tell us about music and sound reproduction. Producers, musicians, and people... Read more

Julianna Raye live in London

LA singer-songwriter, and sometime Rufus Wainwright band member, Julianna has announced three one-off dates in London in February to promote her Ethan Johns produced album ‘Dominoes’. Both The Bedford and The Regal Room dates are free. The Cobden Club date is £5 and guests need... Read more

Steve Van Zandt’s Top 10 Favourite records

There is something very unappealing about recommendation technology. Amazon’s is almost patronising in its banality and does anyone find iTunes’ Genius feature useful? I would always take suggestions from friends and colleagues far more seriously than any generated by algorithms. If sites have to use... Read more