I don’t feel at all guilty about tinkering with the "classical canon" – David LePage
"Violinist David Le Page explains how he found the connections between Rameau and Radiohead, Schubert and The Smiths through arrangements for Orchestra of the Swan’s new album Timelapse."
Violinist David Le Page explains how he found the connections between Rameau and Radiohead, Schubert and The Smiths through arrangements for Orchestra of the Swan's new album Timelapse
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"On Timelapse I have ‘reimagined’ well-known songs by David Bowie/Brian Eno and The Smiths. The process I have used is different from working out a carbon copy arrangement or a cover version. The Bowie/Eno song Heroes, in its original form, is a driven, yearning and almost uncomfortably layered slice of pop/rock; euphoric and poetic in equal measures. I wanted to preserve the ‘feel’ of course but in my version I have substantially slowed everything down so that aspects of the music can be examined in an entirely different...
Short excerpt from an upcoming podcast with Johnny Marr. Guy Pratt was briefly set to replace Andy on the 1986 US tour. He and Morrissey didn't get on though and Andy eventually got his visa.
"It's a romance when guys meet like that and fall in love with each other [...] and the love making is the music."
Clones and conformity: Why cancel culture keeps fans thankful for Morrissey
"Morrissey has found himself slandered and targeted by mainstream publications who viscously criticise his words without even examining why he said them."
Morrissey has found himself slandered and targeted by mainstream publications who viscously criticise his words without even examining why he said them.