"The discovery of the music of Leadbelly was transformative for young Adam Nussbaum. The only child of artistic parents in Norwalk, Connecticut, Nussbaum was exposed to many recordings, from classical and folk to jazz and blues. It was the image of Huddie Ledbetter on the original Folkways 10-inch record covers that fascinated the five year old. The celebrated blues and folk musician's music seared itself into his ears, as it does in young listeners, informing the future drummer's musical approach for....

I've been a big fan of 'minimalist' composer Michael Nyman since seeing him and his ensemble in 1977. He has a very distinctive voice as a composer, even though he is obviously influenced by Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich; you know, the usual...

I'm hardly a cinephile, but I found Peter Greenaway's films unusual and unusually odd art films of the 80s and 90s to be really great and fascinating. And, of course, Michael Nyman's wonderfully insistent, personal take on minimalism fueled all of...

Nipe Nyren – guitars
Haakan Graf – keyboards
Terje Venaas – bass
Finn Sletten - drums

Who is Nipe Nyrén, why is this so good and why haven’t you and I heard of him?
This is teriffic electric jazz, with a similar groove at times to Terje Rypdal’s Odyssey! Never before released, this comes from the original, professionally recorded tapes! Recommended!

"Nipe Nyrén, or Nils Petter Nyrén, is a well-known name in jazz and rock circles. In 1976 he formed his own group, which.

A sublime late 60s singer/songwriter album. But what great, great songs!

"Nyro peaked early, and Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, just her second album, remains her best. It's not only because it contains the original versions of no less than three songs that were big hits for other artists: "Sweet Blindness" (covered by the 5th Dimension), "Stoned Soul Picnic" (also covered by the 5th Dimension), and "Eli's Comin'" (done by Three Dog Night). It's not even just because those three songs are so...

“Following the release of the album ‘Drastic Plastic’ and a subsequent tour, Bill Nelson disbanded Be Bop Deluxe. Aware of the emergence of the so-called New Wave artists and out of a desire to continually evolve and progress as a musician, he announced the formation of a new band, Red Noise. In hindsight Nelson’s new venture can be seen as taking up the musical baton from where he left off with ‘Drastic Plastic’.
Working with co-producer John Leckie, Bill recorded a new wave masterpiece, a record...