News wrap-up |
Written by Matt | |
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 | |
We've got a number of items that may be of interest for you here, covering Papal praise, through to how you could own the legendary Abbey Road Studios, via a live performance by Snowy White and some recording work done by Jon Carin. A varied bunch of items, I'm sure you agree!
Abbey Road
It is unclear if Terra Firma, the owner of EMI, wants to sell the Abbey Road brand as well as the building that houses the studios.
Papal praise
Jon Carin records again
The album was recorded and completed in just five days, with Broza joined by producer GE Smith, keyboardist Jon Carin, bassist Conrad Korsch and drummer Shawn Pelton. With Van Zandt still revered in many quarters, the project is bound to be popular, with many eager to hear these rare compositions.
Snowy White live
Unfortunately the crowd was low in numbers, probably due it being Valentines day and also a Sunday. The gig itself was very impressive indeed, some of the guitar playing was pretty amazing both from Snowy and his lead guitarist, Matt Taylor. Not knowing any his stuff I was a bit indecisive about going but knowing how far back and involved he has been with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters it was bound to be good and quite frankly I was blown away. The crowd lapped up two hours of fantastic blues numbers from their new album and some older numbers, played with a talent that in today's mainstream music, appears hard to find. In all it was a very impressive wee gig from a fantastic wealth of talent and next time they come I will be at the front of the queue for my ticket. Last night saw the last UK date, but until July, they are elsewhere in Europe and well worth looking out for. |