60s music
Groove along to Beat Media's breakdown of the bands, artists, songs and culture that defined the 60s.
Some Bob Marley Favourites
Introduction Today (23rd September 2026), I took delivery of a Zippo copy of Bob Marley's first Island album, "Catch A Fire". This is now very difficult to track down unless you are willing to part with a lot of money. Check Discogs here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 days ago in Beat
Chirino:Portrait of the champion of Salsa
Wilfredo Jose Chirino better known as Chirino then Willy Chirino born in Consulacion del Sur,Pinar del Rio Cuba, a proud Guajiro Cubano or in other words a proud Cuban country boy. Willy was the only boy and his siblings three girls. Originally, Willy did not come from a musical family and yet he became legend and icon in Latin Music and music in general. Willy's life and childhood and life in Cuba was happy and calm and perfect. He became an expert horse back rider and he was also artistic with which he won art awards. Unfortunately, that ended when the regime destroyed the island and Willy's parents fearing what the regime was going to do their children sent Willy to America ahead of the rest of his family to America through a Catholic program called "Operation:Pedro Pan" which airlifted 14,000 children out and Willy was one of them. He spent one year before reuniting with his family.
By Revista Miko:XCI 5 days ago in Beat
The Hall Of The Mountain King
Introduction Sasha Desideri used Edvard Grieg's "The Hall Of The Mountain King" for her Day Eleven (With Gaps) of 50 Days of Senryu Inspired by Music, and I mentioned how much I loved it as a kid and that it had been covered by the Electric Light Orchestra. In our chat on her piece, which you can check out here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 days ago in Beat
Desolation Row by Bob Dylan --Final Verse
When putting together the 100 Songs That Made Me project, I grouped the songs into ten categories. Over the decades, Desolation Row has become a foundational song for me, one of my top five favorites of all time. I placed Desolation Row at the beginning of a category I called Fabled Momentum . This category includes songs that move like novels because of their accumulating character, consequence, and meaning throughout their length. Literary comparisons include Leo Tolstoy, whose novels argue that history is made not by great men but by the accumulated weight of ordinary lives in motion, as well as Scheherazade, who survives One Thousand and One Nights by keeping her narrative alive one night at a time.
By nikolas todd maxwell17 days ago in Beat
1983 ... A Merman I Shall Turn To Be
Introduction I am a member of many Facebook groups and I see many about how did progressive rock start. Very often concept albums are mooted, but one of the first concept albums is Frank Sinatra's "In The Wee Small Hours" but that while it is musical progress it is not what we are talking about.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 28 days ago in Beat
You Really Got Me
The English rock band the Kinks came together in London, England, in 1963. Their original lineup comprised brothers Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals), Pete Quaife (bass), and Mick Avory (drums, percussion). The band emerged from the top of the British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat sounds. The band was part of the British Invasion of America.
By Rasma Raistersabout a month ago in Beat
