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Boyd Recital Hall hosted Collegium Musicum, a chamber music experience designed for the performance of early music literature ...
IF YOU’D heard Donovan singing in the 1960s about sunshine, love and psychedelia, you’d never had guessed he was from Maryhill. San ...
There are some bands who are like a blast from the past in that they’re influenced by the music of the ‘60s, ‘70s and/or ‘80s ...
Subsequently, a future member of Led Zeppelin played on the track. “We started the session, and in walks Jimmy Page,” the Hurdy Gurdy Man said. “I couldn’t believe it. Here was an extraordinary ...
If I had more time, I would visit Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum Of Vintage Radio, a quirky museum of communication history based in the Martello tower on the harbour. A dream for gadget fans ...
A true kindred spirit to me is Tobie Miller, who has dedicated herself entirely to the Baroque hurdy-gurdy, bringing to us a new sonic dimension that had been missing before. This instrument, too, has ...
Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" wouldn't exist without members of Led Zeppelin. The tune paved the way for a lot of the band's later work.
If you’ve never heard a hurdy-gurdy before, you’re in for a treat. Not many people have, since they’re instruments which are uncommon outside of some eastern European communities.
The musician talks about MacGowan’s riotous antics, smoking dope in ‘vast quantities’ and composing a piece of music to play ...