It is amazing to think that it took three bored art-school dropouts — suburban middle-class white boys from Surrey — to rekindle the flames of desire for the introverted music we now as the demon-ridden Delta blues. That was back in the mid 1960s and their reinterpretations have lived on. Inspiring a whole new and…
Since graduating from the Academy of Contemporary Music in 2012 guitar player CARMEN VANDENBERG has hit the ground running – fast tracking a career in the music industry. She performed in BONES alongside singer ROSIE BONES on a sold out European tour, she has also worked with Roger Taylor, Dave Stewart, Kate Nash, Roger Mayer and…
The Superstar American blues rock musician JOE BONAMASSA will pay tribute to the legends of British Blues in a wonderful live tribute concert series titled JOE BONAMASSA IN CONCERT: A SALUTE TO THE BRITISH BLUES EXPLOSION. This once-in-a-lifetime experience will be an honest and thrilling homage to the music of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and…
“Screaming Lord Sutch” created several horror-themed singles during the early to mid 1960s – including some revolutionary sounding recordings produced by audio pioneer Joe Meek [see below]. His outrageous stage antics pre-dated Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson and he fully embraced the idea of ‘multi-media’ publicity in a way that few other musical artists dared…
The ‘Yardbirds’ cut two singles in the 1960’s. One of these – “For Your Love” – sold over a million copies and was their first recording success. The single was written by multi-instrumentalist and composer Graham Gouldman – later of 10cc. (Gouldman also wrote the Sixties chidren’s favourite “No Milk Today” for ‘Herman’s Hermits.’) The…
In the English County of Surrey there has been no history of musical fusion to mould events, nor has there been any recent history of musical integration from foreign shores. There has been no deep-felt religious musical traditions to keep things alive. So what makes Surrey such a creatively lucrative landscape for young rock artists?…
Rocking Surrey 