Music DVD Review: The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle {Revisited}: The 40th Anniversary Concert
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The original Zombies reunite for a classic 40th anniversary concert.
Colin Blunstone
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Lo-Fi Mojo: The Zombies
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Zombies are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle , and Ed Murray says the band's new DVD is chock full of tasty lo-fi goodness.
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Friday music 13 November 2009
trading as wdr (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted ?" was written by William Witherspoon, Paul Riser and James Dean and was a Motown hit for Jimmy Ruffin in 1966. This version features Zombies' vocalist Colin Blunstone with Dave Stewart on synthesisers, tweaking the arrangement and providing a new instrumental break. It was a No 13 hit in 1981. It's not the Annie Lennox-Dave Stewart - this Dave's bands included...
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Baïonarena and other recent Spotify highlights
Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
I am already used to Spotify being a good place to hear new music that I have read about, but now I am starting to find that it is the place to discover new releases too. Prime example: Manu Chao has a new live album out and the first I knew about it was seeing [...]
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Colin Blunstone, Smokey Day
Hi! (Books, bikes, movies and me) (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxgX5Rxjak 2. caroline goodbye- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNuFZAyUBI
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Tonight in Music: HEALTH, Kyle Geiger, Midday Veil, Bishop Chasny Corsano Trio and More
Line Out (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Dave Segal on HEALTH : HEALTH, Past Lives, Pictureplane, Pregnant (Vera) All of this peripheral stuff would be irrelevant if HEALTH sounded anemic. But the L.A. quartet—Benjamin Jared Miller (drums), Jake Duzsik (vocals, guitar, Zoothorn), John Famiglietti (bass, Zoothorn, percussion), Jupiter Keyes (guitar, percussion, Zoothorn, synth)—blitz you with scathing shafts of oddly beautiful...
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Hells Teeth!
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Levi Stubbs Tears by Billy Bragg is a song that brings back 1985, drinking cider in the park, a crafty fag at school and a girl with eyes like saucers. Pay no more than £1.99 and the sentiment of the song has nothing to do with those memories. The Zombies were a late find for me. The Who, Small Faces, Stones, Kinks, yeah, yeah, yeah, been listening to them for 20 odd years but Odessey and Oracle...
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Fricke’s Picks: Choir of Young Believers’ Spiritual Awakening
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Photo courtesy of TigerSpring In the Danish band Choir of Young Believers, there are many singers. Half of the near-dozen members on This Is for the White in Your Eyes (Tigerspring), the group’s European debut album, contribute backing vocals. But there is only one Voice: founding songwriter Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, who manages to sound utterly alone [...]
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More Midlifery
The Driftwood Singers Present (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
The crush of middle age is upon me, folks. Full bore! And I've got blogger's block something fierce too. Bad combo. But I'm giving it a go here, attempting to snatch victory from the jaws of spiritual defeat. Look at me: buying some real estate and adding another social security number to the rolls during an economic depression. Dicey! Remember when your whole M.O. was to avoid living a life of "quiet...
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Summer Fridays 2.5
Sound Bites (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
It's a big holiday weekend, I'm already late enough so I'll spare you the liner notes you probably don't read anyway. Those are zeppoles, by the way, from the Giglio Festival in Williamsburg (which is where I live) which starts...
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Rick in conversation with Gordon Giltrap on Voiceprint web radio
RWCC News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Hear Rick and Gordon talking about their release "From Brush and Stone" on the Voiceprint Web Radio website.
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Datebook: 6.24.09
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Five things worth knowing today - The fashion, art, and culture supporters at Gen Art, who showcase emerging creatives, celebrate 15 years of your support (and ask for 15 more) at the I Heart Gen Art: 15th Anniversary Benefit in...
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Colin Blunstone: The Ghost of You and Me (Review)
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
One of the most unique and beautiful voices of the last 40-plus years, Colin Blunstone falls short with songs that fail to do justice to his gifts.
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‘Porgy and Bess’: A rock critic’s take
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Just got home from the thrilling opportunity to check out “Porgy and Bess” at San Francisco Opera — my first trip to the venerable War Memorial Opera House. (It ain’t the Fillmore, but it’s nice!) The Gershwin classic runs through June 27, but as I type this all upcoming performances are listed as sold out. [...]
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Rock Royalty Tour: Zombies, Yardbirds, Spencer Davis
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
The Zombies, The Yardbirds and The Spencer Davis GroupAnnounce Summer 2009 North American Tour The Zombies Some of the finest artists from the British Invasion return to the States for the "Rock Royalty Tour 2009." Topping the bill are The Zombies, featuring original members Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent. The Zombies are celebrating the release of the Odessey and Oracle 40th Anniversary...