Interviews | Simon Townsend (The Who): “Performance at the Olympics in London is the main achievement of my career”

For more than half a century the backbone of The Who, one of the greatest groups in the world, is the mighty duo of Roger Daltrey and Peter Townsend. Not always the attention of the press and fans is focused on other musicians who appear on stage during the show Who, but now it is

Art on Daniel Rayskin: “Conducting is a slowly developing disease”

Daniel Rayskin: “Conducting is a slowly developing disease”

Daniel Rayskin. Photos – Vladimir Vyatkin Living in Amsterdam, a native of St. Petersburg, Daniel Rayskin already by the beginning of the 2000s gained a reputation as one of the most popular solo violators. Over time, the priorities of the musician have changed in the direction of conducting. Over the past ten years, Rayskin directed

Art on 9 facts about Dmitry Varshavsky

9 facts about Dmitry Varshavsky

Dmitry Lvovich Varshavsky is one of the few our rockers who have a professional music education: he graduated from the famous Gnesinka guitar class. One of the first musical experiments of Dmitry was the song of the Country on the poems of Andrei Voznesensky. Warsaw wrote it in 1979. Later, after the Black Coffee group

Art on Steve Clark in facts and quotes

Steve Clark in facts and quotes

Stephen Clark came from a family of workers who lived in a suburb of Sheffield. Working suburbs, factories, factories, factories and once again factories. Steve had two younger brothers – Chris and Kevin. Most of the working families did not live well. To feed yourself, you had to work – of course, in the factory.

Art on Quintessence Party

Quintessence Party

May 8 in Sqaut 3/4 will be the traditional Quintessence party, where the best forces of the local electronic scene will gather. At the event, nine special live performances will be performed, inspiring installations will shine, and the intricacies of iron and wires will be impressed. All this will happen in two isolated dance areas

Art on Open lessons on vocals and speech technology in Izmailovsky Park

Open lessons on vocals and speech technology in Izmailovsky Park

Free classes in acting skills, speech technique and vocals for children and adults with a professional teacher will be held in Izmailovsky Park from May 4 to July 31. Dreams become a reality – now, to master various techniques of speech, rhythmoplasty and develop voice capabilities, it is not necessary to enroll in expensive music

Art on The most significant musical events of 2015 | P.1

The most significant musical events of 2015 | P.1

What was the year 2015 memorable in the music world? Farewell to the fans of the groups, the disintegration and castling in the composition of collectives, justified and unjustified expectations. Unfortunately, there were also no losses. Let us sum up the outgoing 365 days and refresh our most vivid events in memory. The most difficult

Art on 6 shocking rocker weddings

6 shocking rocker weddings

Photo – oldpicz.com → Everyone knows about this wedding, and in many respects thanks not only to the glory of Lennon, but also to the unconventional approach to this celebration. The marriage of a musician and artist took place on March 20, 1969 in Gibraltar. The couple registered their marriage at the British Embassy, ​​and

Art on An excerpt from the autobiography of NOFX “The Bath with Hepatitis and Other Stories”

An excerpt from the autobiography of NOFX “The Bath with Hepatitis and Other Stories”

We convinced Don Bolles, the drummer from Germs, to become the producer of our demo. By this I mean that we met him one evening in Cathay and offered to give him gasoline to him so that he spent the next day in the studio a few hours while we live to write nine doomed