by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 12, 2024 | Now Showing, Reviews
Nicky Hopkins played on over 250 records over the course of his career. A supremely talented pianist who tapped the black and whites as a child prodigy at age 3; by his teenage years Hopkins had won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London. He...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 19, 2020 | Now Playing, Reviews
Positively the most underrated of the major 1960s British rock bands, the Kinks catalog continues to reveal inspiring melodies, revolutionary lyrics and clandestine musical magic. Unfortunately, the Kinks’ deep wealth of compositional genius was often missed...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 12, 2017 | Reviews, Take One
Flowing through the sonic landscape of the ‘rock room’ today is an influential 1965 single by the Kinks. Composed by Ray Davies, the ‘A’ side track, ‘See My Friends’ ushered in a unique ethnic aesthetic, expressed via pale British psychedelia that would in turn...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
1966 was a revolutionary year for rock and roll. Rock’s early blues and R and B roots were becoming fluid in the creative hands and minds of the musicians who were taking its influence and running. The Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Who and other contemporaries...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 21, 2012 | Rock Room Reconstruction
Today in the rock room I have reconstructed a legendary “unreleased” record by rock legends The Kinks. Fortunately, all of the tracks for this record are available on other official releases. So, this LP is not a “bootleg” so to speak, but an...
