TMO Tags: Blues
Band of Skulls TMO Interview
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012There’s a telling moment, during Band of Skulls soundcheck – on a bitterly cold January night, in a small venue in Bologna, Italy. The three piece from Southhampton, England have been going through song parts individually and together for the best part of an hour, but something doesn’t seem quite right, at least to them [...]
Mark Lanegan’s Funeral for the BLUES: Thank God for the Pick n’Mix
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Mark Lanegan is a little like one of those hybrid electric cars – a great idea on paper but one that never seems to have had the legs (or wheels) to take off into the stratosphere of greatness. His profile should be much greater than it is really, given the enormity of musical success he [...]
Shake The Devil – Antony and the Johnsons
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Slouched hidden beside a fire-exit, Antony Hegarty looked neither courageous or a star, clutching his notebook and looking nervous as he waited for his driver to arrive. This was back in 2005, backstage at a festival in Italywhere Antony and the Johnsons were due to headline that night. He averted his gaze from all passers [...]
May you never – John Martyn (RIP 1948 – Jan 2009)
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009When I think of John Martyn – who sadly passed away on the 29th of January – I think of friends, spread out across time and space, with whom I’ve listened to his music. It’s natural, because for decades Martyn was an artist to be discovered. He only periodically existed on radio/tv or in the [...]
John the Revelator – From Blind Willie Johnson to Depeche Mode
Monday, December 15th, 2008It could hardly be more rock n’roll – the frontman dies, and the group disbands with one member going off on a crazed visionary tangent. St. John, beloved disciple - the only one, according to the gospel, to stay awake in Gethsemane while Jesus swept blood – according to tradition ended his days on the [...]
