Posted on Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize Best Album of 2008, Portico Quartet have gone from cult secret to broadsheet double-spreads in very little time.Their distinctive sound comes in part from their use of the hang drum and two years busking outside the Royal Festival Hall. Described in their press release as a dance friendly, melodic [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 21 January 2009
B&W Music Club artist and classical pianist Benjamin Grosvenor will be making his debut playing with the Philharmonia at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 25th January. For all his dates this year, please check here.
Classical recordings clearly need to have a clarity and transparency but not all music sounds its best recorded like this. [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
This month, on top of the regular B&W Music Club album – Dabe Touré and Skip McDonald’s In Session – we have exclusive lossless versions of 4 tracks from musical genius and ex-Eurythmic Dave Stewart’s new album.
Dabe Touré and Skip McDonald created their album in one intensely creative week in the Big Room at Real [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 10 January 2009
Having the Jaguar on the stand at CES in Las Vegas is a proving to be a great attention grabber. This car is absolutely gorgeous and really draws a crowd. Once inside, the 525-watt Bowers & Wilkins Surround Sound system really impresses even the most advanced audiophile.
Bowers & Wilkins has an exclusive partnership with Jaguar [...]
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Posted on Friday, 9 January 2009
Returning for its second year at CES, B&W’s Zeppelin has been very well received and is once again the star of the show.
Although Zeppelin was launched as an iPod speaker, we are utilizing our CES display to demonstrate the many alternative uses of the Zeppelin. It is way more than an iPod speaker; it’s an [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 8 January 2009
It’s amazing to witness the construction of a trade show, especially one of this magnitude. What looks like complete chaos is the exact opposite; a choreographed harmony of individual teams working together as one. And it all happens overnight. The crates, boxes and tools will all disappear and in its place will be carpeted hallways, [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 7 January 2009
This month heralds one of the most unlikely anniversaries – the 60th birthday of the 7” single. With focus firmly on the rise of digital sales and fall of CD sales, this much loved vinyl format is making a stealthy comeback.
West London factory Portalspace (previously EMI’s pressing plant) was predicting its death back in 2000 [...]
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