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Wolverhampton Civic Hall 23rd June 2011 Atmospheric folk stars the Fleet Foxes brought their sell-out show to the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Thursday night. The storytelling Seattle six-piece played their own blend of folk and country music to a packed out venue. Fleet Foxes have enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame . . . → Read More: Packed hall for concert by Fleet Foxes Last night I went to Wolverhampton Civic Hall to hear Fleet Foxes who were quite superb. They hail from Seattle and this clip of their most famous song “White Winter Hymnal” gives you a flavour of the band although a better recording of this song can be heard . . . → Read More: Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal I went to the Troubadour in LA in 2007 thinking it would be like the 70’s hotbed that I had heard all about – unfortunately nothing lives forever. I saw the tv programme made from these sessions and it was brill – catch it if you can. I was watching a vid promoting . . . → Read More: Troubadour I have been invited to a Fleet Foxes concert in Wolverhampton on 23rd June – they sound like an interesting folk/rock band – they are from Portland, Oregon! Just come out cinema in Brum having listened to Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Phil playing Mahler’s first and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances in Singapore – his band makes a great sound. Some say together they are the finest orchestra in the world – and who am I to disagree. It was in 3D and . . . → Read More: Berlin Philharmoniker Thanks Pietro for this Polish musical extravaganza Ultimately, it all comes down to fear and paranoia. In the west, we’re scared of Islam and China; in China they’re still scared of Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, who are considered over here to be a bunch of eccentric pensioners who shot their respective bolts half a century back. read the article . . . → Read More: A taster for a very interesting article A concert conducted by Sir Simon Rattle will be shown in 140 UK cinemas as orchestras. The first film features a performance of Mahler’s First Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, recorded in Singapore. Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2002, is hoping to replicate the success of opera, ballet and theatre in . . . → Read More: Berlin Philharmonic in 3D Listeners to R4′s new archive of Desert Island Discs will never be able to hear what must have been the funniest ever DID. In the early 1970s the creator of Desert Island Discs, Roy Plomley, invited Alistair MacLean, the celebrated author of The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare and other best-selling yarns, to . . . → Read More: DID |
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