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This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading) Blues Mandolin Man: the Life and Music of Yank Rachell. - book review By Richard Congress University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2001, ISBN 1578063337, 185 pages, pbk., $18.00 If every performer had left behind ......(Continue Reading)Elvis Costello: he's gone from being the "angriest man in music" to one of the busiest, collaborating with bigwigs, composing orchestral pieces, ELTON JOHN: You've always been the sort of artist who's willing to experiment and change your tune, from your rock "n' roll albums to your orchestral ......(Continue Reading)Billy Corgan: over the years music's most penetrating singer-songwriters have straddled the line between poet and lyricist. With the recent publication Billy Corgan has sold almost 30 million records, first as one of the founding fellas of alternative rock with Smashing Pumpkins, and most recently with ......(Continue Reading)The Malton Gallery drew both art and music lovers last month when it displayed a guitar once owned and played by Pablo Picasso - Cincinnati - Brief Article The Malton Gallery drew both art and music lovers last month when it displayed a guitar once owned and played by Pablo Picasso. While the instrument ......(Continue Reading)
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