MUSIC for GROWN-UPs Newsletter, March 2007

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Editor: Gerry Smith (email: editorial@musicforgrownups.co.uk)

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

* Joss Stone slammed
* Amy Winehouse live - music for grown-ups, boozing for losers
* Gillian Welch to support Bright Eyes: a magical pairing
* Joni Mitchell cover graces new issue of The Word
* Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Joe Zawinul, Rickie Lee Jones et al

* New(ish) Dylan, Young, Morrison DVDs - all at bargain prices
* Jan Garbarek, Charlie Parker - jazz for beginners
* Barbican - world-class music for grown-ups
* Re-releases of Leonard Cohen's great first three albums set to disappoint
* Louis Armstrong for beginners

* Another (different) TV gig of Bryan Ferry promoting Dylanesque
* Bryan Ferry excels in Dylan covers gig: review/setlist/video link
* Neil Young new product prices - encore
* The Bible and Bob Dylan
* Amy Winehouse: music for grown-ups

* At The Movies - notable omission from fine new Van Morrison release
* New Neil Young product - and why HMV is getting less of my music spend
* Bryan Ferry, premier contemporary crooner, to play TV gig
* Grown-up gig bookings for 2007
* HMV and Fopp: all change in music retailing

* New Joni "not yet ready for gardening" Mitchell album
* Il Trovatore in London last night: lame
* A feast of John Coltrane
* At last - three vital Ella Fitzgerald Songbook compilations
* New issue of UNCUT - encore

* The Smiths grace new (March) issue of Uncut
* Exciting new releases by favoured musicians for grown-ups
* Ernesto Caruso: how the introduction of the LP reduced sound quality
* Nashville, Solomon Burke's country album: outstanding
* Miles Davis on Warner - an intro, at last

* New Neil Young releases - pricey
* Dylan's Theme Time radio - a weekly delight
* Gig of a lifetime in London on Saturday
* Van Morrison At The Movies - Soundtrack Hits
* Only rock 'n' roll, but...

* New Joni Mitchell releases - the three original albums revisited
* New Joni Mitchell releases - burnishing the legacy
* Hotel California - music for grown-ups, and the rest
* Joni Mitchell In Concert, from 1971
* Best of 2006 (5): Gerry Smith's gigs

* New Bryan Ferry album of Dylan songs
* Best of 2006 (4)
* London's new Carmen: mediocre
* The Old Grey Whistle Test: encore
* The Old Grey Whistle Test: no thanks



PREVIOUSLY 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


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