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An Appreciation: Lewis Merenstein, producer of Van Morrison masterpiece 'Astral Weeks'

2991 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissEven if Lewis Merenstein hadn’t produced records by Gladys Knight & the Pips, Miriam Makeba, John Cale, the Spencer Davis Group, Mama Cass Elliot and numerous other acts, music fans would owe him a debt of deep gratitude if the only recording ... more info

Highlights of David Bowie Proms tribute

3037 days ago
BBC News - UKWith Neil Hannon, Amanda Palmer, John Cale, Marc Almond, Paul Buchanan, Anna Calvi and the musicians' collective s t a r g a z e conducted by André de Ridder. more info

Erik Satie: Prepare yourself …

3072 days ago
Guardian MusicAlthough scorned by the French music establishment, Erik Satie’s innovations can still be heard in minimalism, muzak and even Aphex Twin. Nick Shave on the maverick composer at 150On 9 September 1963, 70 years after it was written, Erik Satie... more info

John Cale review – the Velvets' epic sound electrifies the Welsh valleys

3090 days ago
Guardian MusicSt David’s Hall, CardiffThe relentlessly innovative Velvet Underground star launched Cardiff’s Festival of Voice with the help of a choir, chamber orchestra and Charlotte ChurchFor Wales to launch its Festival of Voice – later to... more info

Stewart Lee's All Tomorrow's Parties review – the indie connoisseur's festival

3140 days ago
Guardian MusicPontins Holiday Park, PrestatynDespite organisational problems, acts such as the Fall, Roky Erickson, Sleaford Mods and Ex-Easter Island Head made the seaside festival the place to be for fans of the avant garde, esoteric or outsiderOnce the alternat... more info

John Cale cancels All Tomorrow's Parties shows because 'organisers let us all down'

3142 days ago
NMECale had been due to play in Prestatyn tomorrow (April 16) and Manchester next Friday (April 22) more info

Tony Conrad: five of the best moments by Dream Syndicate drone pioneer

3146 days ago
Guardian MusicThe legendary composer, musician, artist, professor and film-maker has died on Saturday aged 76. From his voluminous five-decade body of work, here are some of his best pieces of drone rock and experimental film It’s hard to find many recordings o... more info

John Cale :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

3200 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardWhen John Cale released Music for a New Society in 1982, he was coming off a  decade-and-a-half hot streak. First as a member of the Velvet Underground, then as a solo artist and producer of key records by Nico, the Stooges, Squeeze, Patti Smith, an... more info

John Cale :: The John Peel Session (1975)

3208 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardFollowing his exit from the VU John Cale kept busy as a producer, sonically manning the helm behind Nico’s The Marble Index / Desertshore and the Stooges landmark debut LP. All this prior to embarking on his own solo career in 1970 with the releas... more info

John Cale – “Close Watch” (Feat. Amber Coffman) Video

3293 days ago
StereogumOver the course of his long career, the former Velvet Underground member John Cale has recorded a few different versions of his song “Close Watch”; different versions of it have appeared on his 1975 album Helen Of Troy and his 1982 album Music Fo... more info

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