Knebworth Fair
After the mega success of the 1975 bash with Pink Floyd as headliners, in 1976 veteran promoter Frederick “Freddy” Bannister bet big on the biggest band of the [...]
Musica
Body Mix
Long before the Sleeveface meme hit the internet, another clever art with album covers had already been experimented. The pioneer was Christian Marclay, a visual artist and [...]
50 Years Experience
Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix and photographer/designer Karl Ferris were cooking up a mix of psychedelic music and imagery. The Jimi Hendrix Experience debut studio album Are [...]
Amougies – European Music Revolution
Organized by Actuel and the Byg Records, the Amougies festival took place in October 1969, two months after Woodstock. The prospect of this first French pop festival and of [...]
A bunch of kooks
On the morning of August 8, 1969, a policeman held traffic outside the recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, in London, so photographer Iain Macmillan could get the iconic shot [...]
That’s who we are
August 17, 1969, the last of Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music. Mud creeps up the long, pink and white blanket swaddling a young couple surrounded by the debris of [...]
Be the person your dog thinks you are
A wrongdoing bogeyman tries to trap a fox, but Iggy saves the day. A rabbit finds itself under siege, caught in the crossfire as rocks are thrown in its direction, but Iggy [...]
Ok Not Ok
It was the summer of 1997 when I had my first period of chronic anxiety and, just after, a good chance to slip off to the Greek islands. While I was packing, a Chrysler was [...]
Headscapes
Self-taught singer, composer, and graphic designer, Brandon Allen Bolmer is best known for being a founding member of progressive rock band Yesterdays Rising, and the former [...]
Their Mortal Remains
Between 2001 and 2004, we were lucky enough to meet and talk to Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett, one of the most mysterious men in rock and roll history, on three or [...]
