Former Bee Gee, Robin Gibb, has today spoken out against contemporary pop stars, complaining that they "just pose at singing". Robin insists that since the death of Dusty Springfield in 1999, no female singer has come close to fulfilling the talents of the late songstress.
Growing up in Toronto in the 1990s, Katie Stelmanis knew she'd one day be an opera singer. She studied piano and violin and, as a child, sang with the Canadian Opera Company. Later, after years of private lessons, she was set to study opera in college.
Some Kind of Awesome has already had two previews from Friendly Fires for their new album, Pala. Today though courtesy of The Hype Machine we get to listen to the entire thing! break out your best Hawaiian shirt and get that summer feeling as these guys know how to create a party track or ten.
Tori Amos will release her new, classical-inspired album Night of Hunters this September and has announced UK tour dates for November. Her first work for classical music label Deutsche Grammophon, the release of Night of Hunters will also be supported by tours of Europe and the US.
One of the most interesting musicians and performers of our times is finally getting the recognition he deserves. After years of being a closely guarded secret by those of us that didn't want success to ruin his artistic charm, he's managed to go and become a household name but still enjoy his own creative control and career management.
This months Guitarist Magazine polled the best guitar solos ever. Which is impossible to get right, it's always dangerous to ask a bunch of guitarists what the best solo is. However they did it as properly as possible and once they took the top twenty and put them up to another vote to get the final chart.