Month:April 2018
The Witching Hour Sessions – Michael Chapman
The Witching Hours Session – 12/04/2018. Michael Chapman. Michael Chapman (1941) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Chapman originally began playing guitar with jazz bands, mainly in his home town of Leeds in The West Riding of Yorkshire. He became well known in the folk clubs of the late 1960s, as well as on the …
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The Witching Hours Session – 11/04/2018. Led Zeppelin What the Beatles were to the ’60s, Led Zeppelin were to the ’70s: a band so successful and innovative they wound up creating the prism through which their entire epoch was seen. Zeppelin ushered in the era of album rock — they refused to release singles off …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Neil Young
The Witching Hours Session – 10/04/2018 Neil Young. Whether electric or acoustic there’s a fantastic ramshackle quality to Neil Young’s work and it’s hard to believe that albums as different as ‘Harvest Moon’ and ‘Arc’ were recorded by the same artist. Always ready to take a risk and immensely prolific over a 50+ year career …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – LCD Soundsystem
The Witching Hours Session – 09/04/2018. LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem are an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. The band is fronted by musician James Murphy. The band began by recording and releasing multiple singles from 2002 to 2004 leading up to their eponymous debut studio album, which was released in …
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The Witching Hours Session – Fleet Foxes
The Witching Hours Session – 06/04/2018 Fleet Foxes. Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their self-titled debut album. Fleet Foxes’ second studio album, ‘Helplessness Blues’, was released in 2011, and their third album, ‘Crack-Up’, was released in 2017. …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – The Hacienda Brothers
Early medical trip tomorrow so going to try to take in the last rays of tonight’s daylight. Hence early Witching Hours post. The Witching Hours Session – 05/04/2018 The Hacienda Brothers were an American alternative country band composed of Chris Gaffney, Dave Gonzalez, Dave Berzansky, Dale Daniel, and Hank Maninger. They have been described as …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Neu
The Witching Hours Session – 04/04/2018. Neu. Neu! were a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, after their split from Kraftwerk. The group’s albums were produced by Conny Plank, who has been regarded as the group’s “hidden member”. Though Neu! had minimal commercial success during its existence, the …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Aimee Mann
The Witching Hours Session – 03/04/2018. Aimee Mann. Several years after the breakup of ‘Til Tuesday, the Boston new wave band that scored big with ‘Voices Carry’ in 1985 vocalist Aimee Mann (born 1960) launched her unhurried solo career with the mightily impressive ‘Whatever’. After protracted record company miseries that saw a completed second album …
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The Witching Hours Session – Chuck Berry
The Witching Hours Session – 02/04/2018. Chuck Berry. Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none was more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry (1926 – 2017). He was its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Pink Floyd
The Witching Hours Session – 01/04/2018. Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd were formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. They are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard …
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