Rough Trade Recommends sophisticated boom boom

Rough Trade recommends: Sophisticated Boom Boom – The Shadow Morton Story

  Apologies for recommending elderly American men in consecutive months, but two events made the choice for me: firstly, and very sadly, George “Shadow” Morton died earlier this year, but… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 4 Jul 2013
Categories: Music, New music, Rough Trade recommends

Air, Moon Safari

Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to Air’s All I Need

When I first heard AIR I was running a DJ record pool that serviced records to some of the coolest house, hip-hop, soul and lounge spinners in New York City.… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 1 Jul 2013
Categories: Classic Album Sundays, Music
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Graham Hi-Fi recommends Hugh Masekela's Hope

Music for your speakers: Hugh Masekela’s Hope

Not only do they sell the world’s finest hi-fi, but Graham’s Hi-Fi shop in Islington, London also stocks a carefully chosen selection of CDs and vinyl. So who better to… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 17 Jun 2013
Categories: Listen and you'll see, Live music, Music
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tim-sweeney

Seven Notes: Tim Sweeney’s top 10

Consummate NY DJ and host of WNYU’s legendary Beats In Space radio show, Tim Sweeney will be residing at the Seven Notes World Tour New York event tonight. Here’s his… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 13 Jun 2013
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Joseph Arthur. Photo credit: Danny Clinch

Joseph Arthur’s new album available as a studio-quality download

  “Boogie Christ is unlike anything I’ve ever done before. It’s a big production with horns and soul singers; a psychedelic soul record about redemption and what happens after you… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
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Bowers & Wilkins AM-1 Architectural Monitor

Why our AM-1 all-weather speaker sounds so good.

Senior development engineer, Dr John Dibb explains how AM-1 overcomes the acoustic limitations of traditional all-weather speakers. We know that different speakers can produce different results depending on the acoustics… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 7 Jun 2013
Categories: Custom Installation, Hi-fi speakers, Music, Sound Lab, The insider
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DJ Harvey

Seven Notes: DJ Harvey’s top 10 tracks to listen to in a Maserati

Rolling Stone magazine placed DJ Harvey at number 10 in their 25 DJs That Rule The Earth list, writing “if Keith Richards was a DJ, he’d totally be Harvey” Harvey… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 6 Jun 2013
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Rough Trade Recommends Van Dyke Park's Songs Cycled

Rough Trade recommends: Van Dyke Parks, Songs Cycled

If there was any justice in the music world VDP would be a household name. He is probably best known for his work with Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s once mythical… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013
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Paralympian Richard Whitehead’s top 10 for running Britain

British double leg amputee and Paralympic Gold medallist, Richard Whitehead, is running a marathon a day this summer from John O’Groats to Land’s End. As a fan of our P3… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Categories: Music, Top 10 playlists