Di•a•lects is the title of the fourth solo studio album released by jazz fusion pioneer and legend Josef ‘Joe’ Erich Zawinul (ex-Weather Report frontman and creator) in 1986. The full title of this studio album is ‘Di•a•lects, Music for solo synthesizers and voices‘ and sums up the musical content on… Read more“Joe Zawinul – Di•a•lects (1986), Jazz Fusion Studio Album”
Author: Victor Rouă
Victor is a freelance writer, independent journalist, cryptocurrency-based blockchain blogger, music researcher, apprentice musician, Wikipedian, bachelor student as well as former student radio presenter and student TV presenter. He is the main author at The Rockpedia (since September 2019 onwards). In addition, he is also the main author at The Dockyards since March 2015 onwards.
Icehouse – A Great Australian Rock Band
Icehouse is a great Australian rock band which was initially formed as The Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Their music had a pub rock style. Subsequently, they achieved national and international acclaim and commercial success with a new wave and synth-pop sound. Consequently, they became very well known overseas in… Read more“Icehouse – A Great Australian Rock Band”
Crowded House – A Great Rock Band From Australia
Crowded House are one of the most finest and greatest alternative rock bands from Australia. The band was formed in 1985 as ‘The Mullanes’ in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and performed until 1996. They reunited in 2006 and performed for five more years until 2011. Then another break followed until 2016,… Read more“Crowded House – A Great Rock Band From Australia”
Midnight Oil – One Of The Finest Australian Rock Bands Ever
Midnight Oil (also known informally as ‘The Oils‘) is one of the finest Australian rock bands ever! The band is rooted in the genres of alternative rock, hard rock, post-punk, and new wave and has been active from 1972 until 2002 and then once more from 2016 onwards. Midnight Oil… Read more“Midnight Oil – One Of The Finest Australian Rock Bands Ever”
Goanna – One Of The Finest Australian Rock Bands Ever
Goanna is one of the finest Australian rock bands ever! The band formed in 1977 in the port city of Geelong, Victoria and had been active until 1985 (disbanding subsequently in 1987), before marking a hiatus which lasted until 1998, the year in which they briefly re-united, and subsequently since… Read more“Goanna – One Of The Finest Australian Rock Bands Ever”
The Shadows At Sixty – A Great BBC Four Documentary (2020)
The Shadows were one of the greatest (if not the greatest) English instrumental rock band of the 1950s and 1960s. They managed to make a significant name for themselves in the music business in England at an early age and thereby solidify their status as rock stars for the rest… Read more“The Shadows At Sixty – A Great BBC Four Documentary (2020)”
Men at Work – One Of Australia’s Finest Rock Bands Ever
Men at Work were one of the finest Australian rock bands of the 1980s. Formed initially in Melbourne in 1978, the band would later know national and international success with their debut studio album entitled ‘Business as Usual‘ which was released in 1981. Their debut studio album was a very… Read more“Men at Work – One Of Australia’s Finest Rock Bands Ever”
Temple of the Dog – One Of Grunge’s Finest Bands
Temple of the Dog was a great grunge and alternative rock musical project which was founded in 1990 in the grunge capital of Seattle, Washington, on the West Coast of the United States of America. Temple of the Dog was, actually, a musical supergroup formed of members of Pearl Jam… Read more“Temple of the Dog – One Of Grunge’s Finest Bands”
Pearl Jam – One Of The Finest Grunge Bands Ever
Pearl Jam was doubtlessly one of the finest grunge bands of the 1990s and of all times. With a long standing history as one of the band’s most prolific and leading musical acts, the group was formed on the West Coast, in the grunge-imbued Seattle, Washington, in 1990, centered around… Read more“Pearl Jam – One Of The Finest Grunge Bands Ever”
Hatfield and the North – A Great English Progressive Rock Band
Hatfield and the North were a great English progressive rock and experimental rock band from the Canterbury scene. The band was initially active between 1972 and 1975 before disbanding and then briefly re-united many years after, once in 1990, and then the second and final time between 2005 and 2006…. Read more“Hatfield and the North – A Great English Progressive Rock Band”