For the Record: Photography & the Art of the Album Cover Fri 08 Apr 2022 – Sun 12 Jun 2022 at The Photographers’ Gallery (TPG) London AQ highly recommends a trip to, The Photographers’ Gallery (TPG) London, at the gateway of Soho for a rare and special exhibition of 200 vinyl album record covers exploring … Read more
AQ’s Jazz editor, Phill Brett raises the spirits in these dark times from the BeBop music of Charlie Parker, with mono recordings transcending the times from the 40s to our times today. great music, like all art and culture, can bring light to darkness, raise the spirits and to give hope This August, is the … Read more
AQ jazz writer eulogises his more modern 1979 year of pop culture as seminal to his tastes and creation of the habit of buying vinyl to the cost of his pocket. Certain years stand out in pop’s history – 1956, 62, 67 and 77 for example, ones which loom large in the music pantheon, but I would like to offer 1979 … Read more
AQ special music culture report by Phil Brett Civil rights movement The perception and appreciation of music, as with any artform, can change when the time and context it is experienced changes. Of course sometimes it’s purely personal taste – one person’s challenging and invigorating free jazz, is another person’s headache-inducing pips and squeaks. (For … Read more