Very best wishes to the STIRLING ORCHESTRA as they compete in on All Together Now , which is being broadcast on BBC4 at 9pm this evening. The competition to find Britain's best amateur orch...
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2016/08/stirling-efforts.html
Turning the most unlikely venue into an instrument itself, leading to a new experience of aural sculpture. "The incorporation of traditional instruments and songs from wildly different cultu...
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2016/08/tunnel-sound-and-vision.html
"Miles Davis' Pangea followed by Arve Henriksen's Chiaroscuro. Irrigation for the ears after clogging them up with tradeshow nonsense," writes creative musician Steve Lawson . I like that conce...
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/irrigation-for-ears.html
Ending this selection with something truly seasonal and glorious…
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-12.html
The wonderful, late Karl Richter. This was the first piece of music I truly fell in love with as a child…
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-11-organ.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-10.html
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-musical-resolution-of-sorts.html
Another very fine, distinctive musical voice we lost in 2013... composer Steve Martland.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-9-horses.html
May 2014 strike a rich chord with one and all reading this… ---
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-years-greetings.html
Sadly gone from us in 2013, but his music lives on…
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2014/01/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-8-last.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-7.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-6-suite.html
The adverts for the latest Yes tour in Britain, April-May 2014, are now starting to appear in national newspapers and the music press. This is from The Observer, 29 December 2013. There are...
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/yes-tour-for-late-spring.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-5-organ.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-4-tutu.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
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A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
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A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-more-days-of-christmas-1-gaudete.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
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A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
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A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-days-of-christmas-10-ultra.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-days-of-christmas-9-enfield.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-days-of-christmas-8-halo-hq.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-musical-cause-well-worth-supporting.html
A resource for artful and demanding music in many genres, especially contemporary and C20th classical, experimental, jazz, Baroque, improv, the outer fringes of rock, prog, electronica, global... and a little Early Music too. Includes original reviews, listening posts, links and updates catalogued by a writer who is eclectically absorbed by creative sounds. Material here is (c) Simon Barrow 2002-2014, unless otherwise indicated.
http://newfrontears.blogspot.com/2013/12/twelve-days-of-christmas-7-romantic.html