He planned the restoration of Edinburgh Castle on the basis of musical chords, for which he was summoned to Windsor Castle to present his plans to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, both of whom were delighted. He has been described as 'a visionary in a plain land' and ‘a man who could...
The Kinks (1968): Ray Davies turned back the clock to an earlier time with this concept album about Victorian mores and ideology after a few years of cranking out two- and three-minute British garage-rock songs with two and three chords. It's the Kinks' most cohesive work and one of t...
Sara Lynn Evans (; born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Evans has released eight studio albums: Three Chords and the Truth (1997), No Place That Far (1998), Born to Fly (2000), Restless (2003), Real Fine Place (2005), Stronger (2011), Slow Me...
he’s mainly handling the songwriting duties by himself. “I wanted to go back to that old template of not always thinking I need to write with someone—which I enjoy, too, don’t get me wrong—but so far, it’s turning out that way. I’m really pleased ...
Its opening three seconds are an effective elevator pitch to everything attractive about garage: a woofer-vibrating rumble, head turning SFX (in this case, shattering glass), an Anglicized "selec-tah," then a snare which springs us forward into major-key chords—and, invariably, a cork ...
That’s why from day one I always tried to mix this whole Blues and Rock thing together, because that opens up a few more doors of creativity, so you’re not stuck within the confines of 3-chords and 12-bar blues and all that stuff. I love playing traditional Blues all day long, ...
there, I couldn’t stop looking at those photos for what seemed like hours. There was no support in those days for my budding lesbian desire. I didn’t even know what that was really. I just knew I couldn’t stop staring at them. Joan’s eyes in particular, and Sandy’s, too. ...
and directs their interest onto the ecstasy ofjazz music and, by extension, Afro-American music, which with the help ofthe phonograph can be captured differently than by means of traditional no-tation—whichtheprofessorsstillrepeatedlyattempttouseinafutileattemptto capture the melodies and chords.The...
The fast talking ragga rapping lady who previously preached the joys of ‘E’ is back with a juddery tripping percussive jiggler prodded by clanging rock guitar chords (doubtless someone will recognise where they’re from?), mellowing at the very end of its Park Your C...
Soon he was picking out chords to tunes by the Beatles. He eventually began playing with friends and after many late-night jam sessions he formed his first band, a high-school punk group called Caine. "The music was just as bad as our name was," Cabrera confessed on his Web site. ...