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Gene Clark :: Here Tonight | The White Light Demos

4251 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardThroughout their various lineups, The Byrds certainly saw some huge talents pass through their ranks, from David Crosby to Gram Parsons, from Chris Hillman to Clarence White (not to mention, of course, the group’s one mainstay Roger McGuinn). The b... more info

Videodrome: The Byrds and Earl Scruggs – You Ain’t Going Nowhere

4342 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardTaken from the excellent Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend: Family and Friends -- the 1972 flick that captures Scruggs and his two sons playing with the Byrds and Dylan, then taking a pilgrimage to Joan Baez’s Laurel Canyon home. Get your mind off... more info

New band of the day – Temples (No 1,389)

4398 days ago
Guardian MusicTurn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. It is not dying – it is the new single from Temples. And it sounds trippyReading on mobile? Listen here Hometown: Kettering.The lineup: James Bagshaw (vocals, guitar), Thomas Warmsley (bass, backing ... more info

New band of the day – Allah-Las (No 1,386)

4403 days ago
Guardian MusicThese retro rockers in thrall to the sounds of the 60s summon the spirit of swinging London and sun-kissed CaliforniaReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Matt Correia (drums), Spencer Dunham ... more info

The Civil Wars – review

4405 days ago
Guardian MusicApollo, ManchesterOn paper, the Civil Wars shouldn't work at all. Joy Williams is 29, brought up in California and grew up on blues and country. John Paul White is 10 years her senior, from Alabama in the deep south, and spent years in failing rock b... more info

Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due

4436 days ago
Guardian MusicShe wrote incisive lyrics, sang exquisite harmonies and graced arguably the greatest Christmas single ever. Yet Kirsty MacColl has somehow been erased from the story of British pop. Will the re-release of her first four albums finally change that?Nex... more info

Readers recommend: songs for your teenage self – results

4439 days ago
Guardian Musictreefrogdemon gives us her choices from last week's threadThis week's playlist has been selected by Jocelyn Rose, known around these parts as treefrogdemon."Nostalgia runs deep this week," said Pairubu, and he shouldn't be surprised – he selected t... more info

Indian classical music, the Beatles and the blues

4444 days ago
Guardian MusicAs leading musicians come to London's Southbank for the Darbar festival of Indian classical music, Amit Chaudhuri on the beauty of a tradition that shares some of its roots with the bluesSexual intercourse began in 1963, noted Philip Larkin, between ... more info

'A great silence is spreading over the natural world'

4463 days ago
Guardian MusicBernie Krause has spent 40 years recording nature's sounds. But such is the rate of species and habitat loss that his tapes may become our only record of the original diversity of life"The birds are silent in the woods.Just wait: Soon enoughYou will ... more info

Give Me Oil In My Lamp

4465 days ago
McGuinn's Folk DenHow do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Give Me Oil In My Lamp – Click To Play “Give Me Oil In My Lamp” is great old Gospel song that I recorded on the Byrds’ “Easy Rider” album back in 1969. It’s derived from Matthew 25:1-3 in the Bible:... more info

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