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WhenCreammade their live debutat the Twisted Wheel in Manchesterin July 1966,the eveningbefore the 1966 World Cup finalbetween England and West Germany,nobodyused the word “supergroup”to describe this fusion of talents –Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.Rock historiansnowrecognise thatCream were the trailblazers of a concept that wouldlead to theenormous success ofsupergroups likeCrosby, Stills, Nash& Youngand Emerson, Lake & Palmer.Of course,supergroups don’t always deliver on their promise, but Cream undoubtedly did, releasingthreeoutstanding albums of psychedelic blues–Fresh Cream, Disraeli GearsandWheels OfFire–before signing off with the posthumousGoodbye. Cream knew they were good.That’s why they called themselves Cream.They were the cream of the crop–which isquite…
Port Harcourt singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist Braye continues to establish himself as one of Nigeria’s most exciting alternative voices with his latest project, LOVE STRAY.Blending reggae, soul, jazz and sounds rooted in Nigeria and Ghana, Braye draws inspiration from artists including Amy Winehouse, Frank Ocean, Asa and Bob Marley while carving out a style distinctly his own. His journey has not been straightforward, with housing insecurity and parental disapproval among the obstacles he faced before his music caught the attention of Alté favourite Boj through Instagram.Braye has since built an increasingly international audience, with fan favourite “Bring You Home”…
Created over two years through writing sessions spanning Toronto, London, Miami, Los Angeles and beyond, Rouge was executive produced by multi-Grammy winner Brent Kolatalo. The EP reflects Enola’s journey of writing almost 150 songs to refine a sound that combines her love of movement with global pop influences.Already recognised as one of the world’s biggest dance creators, Enola has collaborated with artists including Shakira, J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Shania Twain and Nicki Minaj. With more than 16 million TikTok followers, Rouge marks the moment her music and choreography fully come together, establishing an exciting new chapter in her career. View…
In a famous scene in series one of Steve Coogan’s brilliant TV comedy I’m Alan Partridge, the broadcaster has a business meeting with two Irish television executives (played by Father Ted writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan), and attempts to ingratiate himself with the pair by talking up his affection for Irish rock band U2.”Sunday Bloody Sunday, what a great song,” Partridge enthuses. “It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn’t it? You wake up in the morning, you’ve got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you’ve got to mow the lawn, wash the…
Album ReviewStuart Turner & Rob GriggGargoyles at the Memoir ClubGare Du NordLathe cut LP/Digitalreleased 14th August 20265/5Just the most brilliantly original album I’ve heard for a while, says Ged Babey, Wondering if ‘Tom Waits-style Gothic Folk from the Medway Delta’ is a suitable tag-line. Two Medway movers and shakers mix dark post punk and hypnotic folk, fronted by Turner’s astonishing and shape shifting voice. Add to that an obsession with Tallulah Bankhead and Soho in the 1920s and an experimental song with so many overlapping voices it makes you feel dizzy.Loosely thematic, most of the lyrics concern themselves with memories,…
These times, A100 was known as A1, but he felt the name was too generic. “Everyone was called A1,” laughed A100. “I always keep it 100 – I always just say it how it is. So A100 just came from there.”The first video A100 released was in 2021, when he dropped the Public Enemy Freestyle – at the time, he was masked up. “I properly dropped a music video in June 2021, and then from there it just kinda… Blew up, you get me,” said A100. “Obviously I wasn’t really taking it seriously back then, I didn’t really have an…
A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world.Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience in equal measure. On Songs for the Heavy Hearted, he has created something that feels even more significant. These twelve songs confront violence, injustice, grief and division, yet they never become weighed down by despair. Instead, Pierce repeatedly searches for those moments of grace that make hope not simply possible but necessary.The opening This Sunlit Morning establishes both the musical and emotional landscape of the…
Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for Cormac McCarthy’s novels. The song was written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser and first saw the light of day on Ray Charles’ Friendship album performed as a duet with Willie Nelson. Charles was no stranger to country music, having released two volumes of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music in 1962. Friendship is an album comprising entirely duets with country singers including…
“I’m so nervous,” admits Alex, letting the badass facade slip a moment. “My English is so fucking suck. Two years ago we were playing Download. Tonight we’re headlining Bloodstock. Sometimes I feel like I’m living in The Matrix, but thank you guys so much for your energy, your hospitality and your support. I appreciate it so fucking much. Without you guys, we are fucking nothing. I am speechless.” Repeatedly blowing the front rows away with his bear-like bellow (though sadly there’s no massive bear onstage here), he’s not. But so legitimately fierce is the effort put into a climactic run…
Five-time Grammy winner Lalah Hathaway returns with 47th Street, a deeply personal soul record rooted in Chicago, family history and the places that continue to hold meaning long after people move on. Released via Hathaway Entertainment/SRG-ILS/Virgin, the track revisits the Chicago street where Donny Hathaway’s family lived, linking migration, memory and Black musical history.Grammy-winning poet J. Ivy opens the record by placing that story inside the wider movement of Black families from the American South to Chicago:They headed north down to lay down their root / The train was filled with hope / From the freight cars to the caboose.Hathaway…
When Genesis released fourth album Foxtrot in 1972, they’d pushed themselves to create something more challenging and satisfying than anything they’d done to date. History would record they achieved that goal – notably with the most feted prog suite in history in Supper’s Ready – but as Steve Hackett told Prog in 2012, they were by no means certain that they’d delivered a successful record. This article first appeared in Prog 31 in 2012 (Image credit: Future)The foxtrot – the dance itself, which premiered a century ago – is usually defined as a smooth dance of long, continuous, flowing movements.…
Holding Absence’s forthcoming album Modern Life Is Lonely has been pushed back by several weeks due to manufacturing issues with its physical editions. The band have confirmed in a statement that their fourth album, which was originally slated for release on August 28, now won’t be out until September 18. “We’re very sorry to share that, due to delays in the manufacturing process, our new album, Modern Life Is Lonely, will now be released on 18th September rather than the originally planned date of 28th August,” they write on Instagram. “We’re gutted to have to delay the album and sincerely…