Johnny Black’s new rock music oral history app is now on iTunes…

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My iWitnessRock Music Oral History App is now live on the iTunes store. Here’s the link … https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/iwitness-reports/id569178772?mt=8 Here’s a demonstration video… https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByYNj8YEUjnZeWNKeWxNa3ljZTg If you’d like to know more, Neil Cossar at Absolute PR – (07768 652899 neil@thisdayinmusic.com) is doing … Continue reading

Press releases

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Just a quickie. I’m finding myself increasingly irritated by the ineptness of todays music biz press officers. Does nobody check anything before they send it out any more? I just got this jewel today … “Previously compared to great divas … Continue reading

UNTAINTED CHARLIE NELSON

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I haven’t posted much here in recent weeks but I can’t stop myself passing this along. http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2009/05/04/charley-nelson-piney-woods-piano-man.aspx It’s an obit of someone who sounds like he must have been one of the last musicians to exist untainted by the music … Continue reading

Goodbye Michael

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Michael Jackson is dead. Before we start ungraciously quibbling about whether or not he invented the Moonwalk, let’s not forget that this was a man who never stood a chance. Stuck on the stage at five years old, with not … Continue reading

Demockrocksy

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Can rock or pop  ever ever be a democratic process? That thought popped into my mind recently while interviewing Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds for a piece in Mojo. It’s not a new thought, but it’s one that’s certainly worth … Continue reading