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Revisiting Days Of Future Passed – John Lodge
John Lodge has been voted one of the “ten most influential bass players on the planet,” and in his five decades of being in the music business, he’s just re-interpreted the band’s 1967 album 'Days Of Future Passed'... By Ian Woolley Being long time bass guitarist,...
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Still Holding His Head Up – John Verity
"I must have been the only guitarist on the planet that didn't learn to play from Burt Weedon's 'Play In A Day' book"... By Ian Woolley So says the ex-Argent guitarist and singer as he hinted at finally writing his life story. "Oddly, I've been looking into my past...
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5 Legendary Artists Who Have Been Involved in Video Game Soundtracks
While at one stage, music for video games would contain little more than three notes, the world of gaming has changed. In 2023, video game music is considered as crucial to a project’s success as a soundtrack is for a new movie. There’s even a new award category for...
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He Wrote Some Of Music’s Greatest Songs – RIP Burt Bacharach
Bacharach's songs have been recorded by some of the most influential artists in the World. Songs that would become classics... OBITUARY by Ian Woolley His compositions have earned 94-year-old Burt Bacharach countless awards including Grammys, Oscars, and Emmys. In his...
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Revisiting Days Of Future Passed – John Lodge
John Lodge has been voted one of the “ten most influential bass players on the planet,” and in his five decades of being in the music business, he’s just re-interpreted the band’s 1967 album 'Days Of Future Passed'... By Ian Woolley Being long time bass guitarist,...
Back Beat ➧
Still Holding His Head Up – John Verity
"I must have been the only guitarist on the planet that didn't learn to play from Burt Weedon's 'Play In A Day' book"... By Ian Woolley So says the ex-Argent guitarist and singer as he hinted at finally writing his life story. "Oddly, I've been looking into my past...
Review Beat ➧
5 Legendary Artists Who Have Been Involved in Video Game Soundtracks
While at one stage, music for video games would contain little more than three notes, the world of gaming has changed. In 2023, video game music is considered as crucial to a project’s success as a soundtrack is for a new movie. There’s even a new award category for...
Obituaries ➧
He Wrote Some Of Music’s Greatest Songs – RIP Burt Bacharach
Bacharach's songs have been recorded by some of the most influential artists in the World. Songs that would become classics... OBITUARY by Ian Woolley His compositions have earned 94-year-old Burt Bacharach countless awards including Grammys, Oscars, and Emmys. In his...
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Brighton’s new ‘Music Walk of Fame’
By David Parker The new 'Brighton Music Walk of Fame' pays tribute to Sussex musicians... The 'Walk of Fame' is the brainchild of Walk of Fame Media and the owners of Brighton Palace Pier. From The Who and Abba to name but two of the great names, the Walk allows...
Share a Cuppa Tea with Bill Mumy
By Jane Quinn The boy star to master multi-musician talks Zorro, cornfields and Nicola Tesla... Do you remember a vintage television series called The Twilight Zone? If you said “yes” you will no doubt remember the episode about a six-year-old red-haired,...
The Stones, Bacharach and Nils Lofgren are back on tour
By Martin Hutchinson The Rolling Stones No Filter tour is in the UK and Ireland this summer, with more shows in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and Poland. They play 13 shows in 12 venues across Europe in September and October. STONES – NO FILTER has Mick Jagger,...
Share a Cuppa Tea with Peter Noone
By Jane Quinn Peter Noone talks broken hearts, and cats and dogs... Referring to himself as Peter NO-ONE. Well, he is not a no-one but, indeed, a SOME-ONE, and I had the pleasure of sharing a big cuppa tea with the ever-youthful Peter in my garden somewhere in the...
Sharing a cuppa with Alan Clayson
By Jane Quinn Alan Clayson of The Argonauts discusses Elvis and Elvis, monkeys, and new projects... Well, as I grew up in the American cornfields, I never suspected one day I would share a cuppa tea with a genuine Argonaut. But here we are, chatting about Elvis and...
Justin Hayward – Wind of Heaven Tour
By Martin Hutchinson “I can't remember his name, but he sang Nights In White Satin”... So said Jeff Wayne when he was casting his legendary album ‘The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds’. He wanted the perfect voice for the song Forever Autumn and he thought the...
Generation on: Rebel Dean
It's been a couple of years since we interviewed the rockin' 'n' rollin' singer/actor Rebel Dean, and boy has he been busy since then... He is the performer who the mighty Darrel Higham was quoted as saying: "Rebel Dean - probably the most successful male Rock n' Roll...
Exclusive – Dame Vera talks with the Beat
By David Parker Dame Vera talks exclusively with the Beat. A century of caring, sharing and family... Dame Vera Lynn, 100 years old, in conversation with David Parker Dame Vera: you were not even a teenager at the start of your singing career? Would you say you were...
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JF’s Memory Time Machine – Terry Dene
By John Firminger Continuing with our look back at the mixed fortunes of British rocker Terry Dene, we look at the more positive side, namely his recorded work... As a vocalist, he had managed to copy some of the vocal styles he’d heard by a young singer from Tupelo,...
Walter Egan – The one-hit wonder
Being a musician who is labelled as a “One-Hit Wonder.”, Walter Egan has worked with some of the greats of music.
Tommy versus Elvis
Tommy versus Elvis? No way!
Breakfast with: Paul Francis – Tony Jackson & The Vibrations
By Paul Francis From takeovers to good vibrations... While working as a professional musician for many years, and playing in bands since the early 60s, I went through many highs and lows. When working with certain musicians you know straight away when it clicks and...
Goin’ Back – Golden Boy Terry Dean
Back in 1957, singer Terry Dene looked like being the ‘golden boy’ of British pop... With hit records, a film star, and appearances on stage and TV he was riding high before it all went pear-shaped. It was actually in a wrestling ring, in between bouts I might add,...
He had the time of his life – Bill Medley
By Jim Stewart For the past 50 years Bill Medley has had the respect and admiration of his fellow artists and fans worldwide, and, when you look at just some of his achievements, it is easy to see why... He formed The Righteous Brothers with Bobby Hatfield in 1963,...
The Summer of ’64 – British Beat booms’ finest year
By Pat Murphy The summer of 1964 was a personal watershed, as it was the first time I ventured outside of Ireland... As a university student on summer break, I lived and worked in London for three whole months. While it may not sound very daring by today’s standards,...
Zombies back on the road again
THE legendary Zombies are taking to the road in May.
JF’s Memory Time Machine – Terry Dene
By John Firminger Continuing with our look back at the mixed fortunes of British rocker Terry Dene, we look at the more positive side, namely his recorded work... As a vocalist, he had managed to copy some of the vocal styles he’d heard by a young singer from Tupelo,...
Walter Egan – The one-hit wonder
Being a musician who is labelled as a “One-Hit Wonder.”, Walter Egan has worked with some of the greats of music.
Tommy versus Elvis
Tommy versus Elvis? No way!
Breakfast with: Paul Francis – Tony Jackson & The Vibrations
By Paul Francis From takeovers to good vibrations... While working as a professional musician for many years, and playing in bands since the early 60s, I went through many highs and lows. When working with certain musicians you know straight away when it clicks and...
Goin’ Back – Golden Boy Terry Dean
Back in 1957, singer Terry Dene looked like being the ‘golden boy’ of British pop... With hit records, a film star, and appearances on stage and TV he was riding high before it all went pear-shaped. It was actually in a wrestling ring, in between bouts I might add,...
He had the time of his life – Bill Medley
By Jim Stewart For the past 50 years Bill Medley has had the respect and admiration of his fellow artists and fans worldwide, and, when you look at just some of his achievements, it is easy to see why... He formed The Righteous Brothers with Bobby Hatfield in 1963,...
The Summer of ’64 – British Beat booms’ finest year
By Pat Murphy The summer of 1964 was a personal watershed, as it was the first time I ventured outside of Ireland... As a university student on summer break, I lived and worked in London for three whole months. While it may not sound very daring by today’s standards,...
Zombies back on the road again
THE legendary Zombies are taking to the road in May.
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