Vote for your favourite Classic Album
Everybody’s favourite vinyl-spinning club, Classic Album Sundays will be appearing at this year’s Vintage Festival. Together with Bowers & Wilkins, they will be presenting the Best British Albums on British… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 6 Jun 2011
Categories: Music
Tags: audiophile, classic albums, David Bowie, hi-fi, Nick Drake, The Beatles, The Clash, vintage festival, vinyl
The New Face of Vinyl – support this project.
“Throughout the United States, teens and young adults alike are doling out cash for vinyl re-issues of their favorite records, or even better, getting the latest artists and records on… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 2 Jun 2011
Categories: Music, Talking about formats
Tags: 78's, audiophiles, Sound quality, The new face of vinyl, vinyl
The inspiring world of Diego Stocco
Two great videos from inspiring sound designer Diego Stocco. Creating the DTS Sound System using milk, lentils and water balloons. Creating a new instrument using a dismantled piano, a broken… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: diego stocco, sound design
Classic Recordings: Iain Matthews – If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes
Iain Matthews – If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes Vinyl Lovers (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Fairport Convention was a legendary folk band and many of the band’s former members released… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: B&W, bowers & wilkins, classic albums, Classic recordings, Fairport Convention, Iain Matthew MacDonald, Iain Matthews, If You Saw Thro’ My Eyes, Paul Rigby
Debate: Does pop music need to be well recorded?
Welcome to the first in a new series of debates. Each month we’ll ask two experts to argue a thorny sound-related topic. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and we’d… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 12 May 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music, Sound debate
Tags: audiophile, debate, pop music, Recording, Sound quality
Stunning interpretation of Shostakovich by Rostropovich from LSO
BBC 3 described Rostrapovich’s performance on this recording as breathing “this music as if it were oxygen…he brings it chillingly to life”. His friendship with Shostakovich gives him a unique… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Categories: Music, New music
TED: Benjamin Zander – “Classical music is for everbody”
Leading composer and passionate classical music evangelist, Benjamin Zander, gives a typically charismatic, funny and inspiring talk on why classical music is for everybody – even if they haven’t realised… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 5 May 2011
Categories: Music
Tags: Benjamin Zander, classical music, TED talks
BBC iPlayer– a great app for Zeppelin Air and AirPlay
It took a while to arrive, but BBC iPlayer on iPad is one of the best apps around. It allows iPad users in the UK to catch up on the… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 5 May 2011
Categories: Music
Tags: Airplay, BBC iPlayer, Bowers & Wiokins, iPad, iPad apps, iPlayer, ipod docks, Zeppelin Air
JuJu recording the track ‘Djanfa Moja’ fast and live in the Wooden Studio at Real World
“We just came together, plugged in and played,” says Justin Adams of ‘In Trance’, a one-take marvel that begs repeated listening. “We played it exactly as we play it live.… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, high-quality downloads, JuJu, Juldeh Camara, Justin Adams, Real World, World music
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Bowers & Wilkins says: Great idea – it’s... 3 days 5 hours ago View commentPeter Gabriel’s Live in Athens audio finally available
Thorsten says: The Album is really good, some tracks are... 3 days 20 hours ago View comment