What does it sound like?: Gilmour’s fifth studio album comes after a 9 year hiatus, and a proclamation from DG that this is the best music he’s made since “Dark Side Of The … [Read More...] about Dave Gilmour – Luck and Strange
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What does it sound like?: Gilmour’s fifth studio album comes after a 9 year hiatus, and a proclamation from DG that this is the best music he’s made since “Dark Side Of The … [Read More...] about Dave Gilmour – Luck and Strange
What does it sound like?: A new live album and blu-ray release from Britain’s premier prog band, Big Big Train, ‘hits the shelves’ just in time for their Autumn tour of the U.K … [Read More...] about Big Big Train A Flare on the Lens
What does it sound like?: When Steve Marriott left Small Faces in 1969 to form Humble Pie, the remainder of the band, Ian McLagan keys, Ronnie Lane bass and Kenney Jones drums, … [Read More...] about Faces – At The BBC: Complete Concert And Session Recordings 1970-1973 (8CD + 1 Blu-Ray)
What does it sound like?: On 30 August Laurie Anderson released a new album - Amelia. It charts, over 35 minutes and 22 tracks, the 1937 round-the-world flight of Amelia Earhart. … [Read More...] about Laurie Anderson – Amelia
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Venue: Lexington, London Date: 05/09/2024 I was only aware of Esther Rose in 2020 which was after she last played in the UK in 2019 so I've waited a long time for this … [Read More...] about Esther Rose Solo
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Venue: The Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 Date: 21/08/2024 Theatre reviews are few and far between, here on The Afterword, but having seen Amanda Abbington’s astonishing … [Read More...] about When It Happens To You
Venue: a farm, somewhere near Bristol Date: 17/08/2024 ArcTanGent is a festival pretty much exclusively devoted to, ahem, difficult music. Lots of post-rock and post-metal and … [Read More...] about Saturday at ArcTanGent
Venue: The Albany, Deptford. Date: 03/08/2024 I had heard of the legendary creature Kitson, and most of these murmurings referred to his legendary comedic status, ultimate … [Read More...] about Daniel Kitson – Work in Progress
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Tiggerlion joins Twang in the pod, seizes the microphone and subjects the podmaster to a barrage of questions. Much laughter ensues and Tig denies we all have a little emo in … [Read More...] about The Afterword #109: Tiggerlion takeover!
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Steve T joins Twang in the pod to discuss which of his favourite tracks, book and luxury he would take to a desert island should fate place him there. If this format reminds you of … [Read More...] about The Afterword #108: DID with Steve T
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Twang, Tiggerlion, FentonSteve and Dai blow the cobwebs out of the pod and convene to discuss remixes and remasters. Fenton talks for approximately 3 hours about Sadie and dynamic … [Read More...] about The Afterword #107: Remix/Remaster
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Twang joins Tiggerlion, MosleyMoles, Leeds Boy and SteveT in the pod to discuss the lockdown. The team consider what cultural gems kept them sane in this difficult period, … [Read More...] about The Afterword #106: The lockdowncast
Twang finally finds the key to the pod and virtually gathers with Tiggerlion, Dave Amitri and special guest Hilary to discuss the 80s, a decade beloved and reviled by equal numbers … [Read More...] about The Afterword #105: The 80scast
Tiggerlion on Where Did Our Love To by The Supremes released 31st August 1964
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diane Ross were all brought up in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. Ballard and Wilson met at Northeastern High School. Ross went to Cass Technical High with the intention of becoming a fashion designer. Even as a youngster, Flo had a powerful, expressive voice and boundless enthusiasm. With her best friend, Mary, she formed a girl group called The Primettes to complement The Primes, a group containing two future Temptations. In turn, Mary, forever in the role of go-between, recruited her neighbour, Diane, to contribute some poise. As teenagers they auditioned for Berry Gordy, chief of Tamla Motown. He told them to come back after they’d graduated. In the meantime, they regularly visited the Hitsville U.S.A. studio, sometimes making themselves useful but mostly making their presence felt. Eventually, they were allowed to provide handclaps and, more excitingly, backing vocals to some records. Finally, in 1961, Berry was persuaded to sign them on condition they changed their name. The girls selected The Supremes from a short list of six.
The first half dozen singles got nowhere. Gordy wrote and produced most of them. » Continue Reading.
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