King Crimson, “Red” is about to turn 50: a box set is coming out
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of King Crimson’s landmark 1974 album, “Red“, the release of a new and special edition of the album which will…
Record of the Day: Slim Harpo, “The Best of Slim Harpo”
Slim Harpo “The Best of Slim Harpo” (CD Hip-O HIPD-40072) Of all the great bluesmen in history, Slim Harpo is the one who most interested…
Fontaines DC Play Unreleased “Death Kink” Live
On August 9th, at the Haldern Pop Festival in Rees, Germany, Fontaines DC performed a new song live for the first time. The song in…
Green Day, “American Idiot”: The Legacy of a Revolutionary Album
In 2004 Green Day released “American Idiot“, an album that, destined to become a milestone in the history of rock, managed to bring the trio…
Concerts, summer 2024: the Summer Festival Zone is back on Rockol
Summer is back, the concert season is back, but above all the festivals are back, filling every corner of Italy with music. As has been…
Rock and solidarity: “The Concert for Bangladesh” streaming
Fresh off the breakup of the Beatles, George Harrison organized for theAugust 1, 1971in a very short time and inspired by the sitarist Ravi Shankar,…
Venerus, an Italian who is very un-Italian: “We lack imagination”
A very un-Italian Italian chosen among the ambassadors of the tricolor in one of the most followed and commented European festivals, one might say, quoting…
Mia Martini wins the Festivalbar 1972
The winning song of the 1972 Festivalbar was “Piccolo uomo” by Mia Martini Also competing were: Adriano Pappalardo with “It’s still day” Dik Dik with…
Bill Wyman, here’s the new album (with covers of Dylan and Prine)
It’s called “Drive My Car” and it came out on August 9th: it’s the first album since 2015 by Bill Wyman, founding member of the…
When Talking Heads Reinvented the Concert Film
Once upon a time there were rock concerts at the cinema. And they still exist, although in a completely different context: today we are surrounded,…