The MUSIC for GROWN-UPs Newsletter - 2 January 2007

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The MUSIC for GROWN-UPs Newsletter

MUSIC for GROWN-UPs - celebrating the great musicians - from Sinatra to the Stones, Miles to Mozart, Dylan to David Bowie, Beck to Bjork, and Coltrane to Cole Porter.

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NEW ARTICLES ON MUSIC for GROWN-UPs - http://www.musicforgrownups.co.uk

* English rockpop renaissance
* Tickets for Dylan Brit shows still on sale
* Blues, jazz and country - according to Robert Crumb
* ABBA: giants among pygmies
* Best of 2006 (3)

* Best of 2006 (2)
* Sampling new music: Chris Ward and Simon Stewart
* Best of 2006 (1)
* The Doors – a fitting tribute
* Major release from the vaults of John Lee Hooker, blues master

* Satanic Stones - maybe, but rather less than majestic
* Jackie Leven – take 2
* Two cheers for theJazz, new digital radio station
* Dylan, Stones, Jackie Leven and The Pirates
* Best ever value for grown-up music buyers

* Magnificent new Ella Fitzgerald sampler
* Dylan/Stones’ Like A Rolling Stone: rock’s highest peak
* Live Licks from the Rolling Stones
* Oasis v Beatles
* Bjork – 10 recommended downloads

* Joan Sutherland celebrations
* Themes/playlists for the Dylan-as-DJ series on BBC radio


PREVIOUSLY ON MUSIC for GROWN-UPs - http://www.musicforgrownups.co.uk

* Bryan Ferry tour? Naah!
* Springsteen in the Rustbelt
* Catch this: music for grown-ups highlights on radio this week
* Top 100 albums – a grown-up free zone
* Sunken Treasure - Jeff Tweedy live in the Pacific Northwest

* Neil Young – Phoenix rising from the ashes
* Lucinda Williams – aided by a very special guest - lights up London
* Digital radio – little music for grown-ups
* New Waterboys album (and label)
* New hits compilations filling the supermarket shelves

* Roger McGuinn’s mesmerising London gig
* Anna Netrebko, continued
* Tonight’s Netrebko/Villazon London gig: big mistake
* James Hunter – overnight sensation!
* Bob Dylan - the Musical

* An (almost) ideal free intro to the genius of Miles Davis
* Nailed at last: the recorded legacy of the Rolling Stones
* The Waterboys – The Platinum Collection: underwhelming
* Marvellous Miles Davis series on radio this week
* Five hours of Miles Davis on radio next week

* New Beck, Sting, Mozart, Sinatra – cures for the autumn-time blues
* Rough Guide To Bob Dylan - competition winners
* Stones, Herbie, Shostakovich fending off the autumn-time blues
* Dylan’s support to include Raconteurs
* The Rolling Stones in the Noughties – a wealth of new product

* Top Dadrockers Young and Morrison to release heritage live recordings
* Boots of Spanish plastic?
* Van the Man in Spain
* Free copy of the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Win a free copy of the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan

* Trilogy box sets from Warner now heavily discounted
* Beck celebrated on BBC 6Music
* A superlative Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
* Viva Bryan Ferry
* At last! Van Morrison on DVD

* Electric Mud – another prime Muddy Waters set
* The Byrds and Free reissues: why?
* Magnificent Mozart – must-hear new CDs
* Black pop music - then and now
* Prime Muddy Waters box - at a bargain price

* The Fall for Beginners
* Post-Punk under the microscope in recommended new book
* The Fall – finally, the penny drops
* High praise for the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Tupac’s hip-hop legacy

* Buddy Holly’s genius commemorated
* Viva Roxy! Roxy Music re-discovered


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