Rock is dead. Or hidden?
Or smelling funny, as the late Frank Zappa said of jazz. Rock is dead has long been claimed, asserted, announced, joked about and cried. Since the 70s already, in which arguably rock was at the height of its health. Perhaps…
Believing the hype of Arctic Monkeys upcoming era
The Monkeys are back at creating (maybe unintentionally) some good old hype. The band didn’t even need to release an album to sold out its independent shows (impressive as their tickets were not sold through Live Nation, known for the false…
David Byrne hasn’t to apologize
With some level of dismay, I read this morning that David Byrne had to defend himself from being accused of not having any female collaborator for his upcoming new album. His own words were: I regret not hiring and collaborating…
Why Dj Khaled’s Wild Thoughts is the Worst Song Ever Written
So it’s the 2010s, or whatever this decade is called, and rock has transformed in the jazz of the 60s: good to show off if you listen to it but the kids don’t actually care about it anymore. Feminism is…
What I listened in 2017: a playlist
None of the big names came out with worthy albums, of any at all, in this 2017. Thus the 2017 playlist for me is devoid of big bands, with a single exception. Contrarily to the usual “best of the year”…
Allan Holdsworth (1946-2017)
One of my friends said at the beginning of this year: “this is the year of the deaths of the semi-famous people”. It is sadly confirmed by the death of Allan Holdsworth. He’s the typical musicians who is well-known by…
Travels, Music and Social Issues
