Music - Sam Hardacre

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Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts

Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts

I've been a fan of Foo Fighters for a long time. I was a fan of Dave Grohl even before Foo Fighters were a band. So when the news hit of Taylor Hawkins' passing last year, there was a sense that maybe the band wouldn't continue, Hawkins being just as

John Williams, composer of our childhoods

The other day, I came across an article on Classic FM's website showing a short video of John Williams playing a piano but included in the article was a short 15 minute interview and I just felt like a doing a short John Williams appreciation post. Here are some of

Reclaiming my Likes playlist

It was a number of years ago now and I can't quite recall the exact circumstances but there was a period of time when Spotify limited the number of artists/albums I could save to my Library. Maybe I was on a free account at the time? I dunno... Anyway,

Gary Clark Jr, Live North America 2016

I don't intend on making this a regular thing, posting about music I've been listening to but this is one of those albums that just hits me on a visceral level. I'm not entirely sure I can pin-point why but here are a few possible contending thoughts. Just the raw

Re-discovering Nirvana

Yesterday, I was looking through Spotify for something to listen to and decided to stop on Nirvana. As I posted to Twitter [https://twitter.com/nocturnalmonkey/status/1282761099838992386], I was excited to discover Nirvana's Live and Loud set is now available as an album. When I was a kid, some

Spotify Roulette

For the longest time I avoided Spotify like the plague. Times change as do opinions and I eventually warmed to the idea of being able to access most music at any time. I've noticed that from time-to-time, I continue to fall into the habit of listening to the same bands

Leeds Guitar Night 2011

This weekend, we went to see Giuliano Modarelli, Erik Mongrain and Jon Gomm play at The Wardrobe in Leeds. We managed to get a spot right next to the stage so I was able to get some decent shots of all three performers. If you ever get a chance to

Alexisonfire, Leeds Met

Last Saturday, Lu and I descended upon the city of Leeds to enjoy an evening of drinking with some loud, heavy music in the form of Alexisonfire mixed in for good measure. I'm not really any good at reviewing music, so this will be an entirely subjective string of sentences

Fates by Erik Mongrain

I came across this guy last year when a friend sent me a link to a video on YouTube displying an unusual technique to play the guitar called 'Lap Tapping'. This technique has been around a long time, but I'd never seen this before. I was astounded that the guitar