Jazz Odyssey: Jazz on a Summer’s Day
One of the earliest concert movies, Jazz on a Summer’s Day captures the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and proves that audience members obnoxiously photographing concerts that are being filmed is not a […]
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The Grateful Dead Movie
When the late, great Robert Hunter wrote the Grateful Dead lyric “Such a long long time to be gone, and a moment to be there” he was probably describing life […]
The Cure – Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London
This catchily titled concert movie marks 40 years of gothic game-changers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Cure. Not sure I could ever get bored of this […]
Amazing Grace
In 1972, at the height of her fame, Aretha Franklin decided to take it back to church by recording a Gospel album in an actual church, the New Temple Missionary […]
Philip Glass – The Bowie Symphonies
This year Glass finally completes a long-running trilogy, and for once I’m not talking about M. Night Shyamalan. The twist here is that Philip Glass’ third David Bowie symphony (‘Lodger’, […]
Music for 18 Musicians
This concert, hosted by the South Bank Centre, is a programme of all things Steve Reich, performed by the London Sinfonietta. For a minimalist work, the venue was rather maximalist, with […]
Queen + Adam Lambert: live at the O2
While the long-awaited Freddie Mercury biopic hits another snag in production, the wait to see Queen on Screen Goblin is over thanks to band’s current world tour. The legendary rockers […]
