Aberdeen buskers Tom, Abaigh Mcmenaman, Ben Lee Collett, David Angus and Daniel Cameron.
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Aberdeen city centre is finally blossoming back into life after a long winter hibernation.
Among the friendly chatter of pals meeting up for a coffee and the bustle of shoppers making their way along Union Street, the sound of live music has added to the upbeat atmosphere.
Whether it be the distant thrum of some familiar chords, a teenager singing her own lyrics or even some rock and roll classics reimagined on the accordion, there’s no shortage of variety on offer.
Charles Stepney and Richard Evans: Soulful Symphonies Of Psychedelia
Charles Stepney and Richard Evans: Soulful Symphonies Of Psychedelia
The duo were two of the greatest musical minds of the 60s and 70s, but remain little known today.
Published on Rotary Connection s debut album was just one of the albums that Charles Stepney worked on in the 1960s
Imagine a psychedelic music that didn’t expand your musical mind with volume and effects, but elevated your consciousness with melody and cleverly arranged layers of instruments. A music that sought to reflect the new-age thinking of the hippie era. A groove with a jazzy edge, and orchestras that ventured into the infrared and ultraviolet extremes of pop’s spectrum. A music of angles, culture, questions, elegance and love. If you tried to create it, it might seem impossible. But it happened, thanks to Richard Evans and Charles Stepney.
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When Hazara rapper Fahd Azam collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Ray J
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In May 2018, the rumours that rapper Mr Capone-E is a Pakistani Hazara came true when they were confirmed by several leading Indian news outlets.
It all started with a two-minute video showing the rapper, sporting black shades and a silver chain around his heavily tattooed neck, against the backdrop of a Pakistani flag.
âMr Capone-e has been passing as Chicano/Mexican this whole time but is actually a Pakistani Hazara,â a tweet read. Many people commented it was maybe a controversy in the hip hop scene, others wondered what âHazaraâ could be and some even suggested that the âEâ in Mr Capone-E might be âEjazâ, a common Mus
Brett Anderson is still proud of Suede s third album Coming Up
The Beautiful Ones hitmaker views the group s third LP as an odd little pop record but he loves the fact it still represents a snapshot of the Britpop era and admires the lighthearted touch to the songs he wrote for the album.
He said: “It s a strange record. It s a sort of an odd little pop record but it kind of summed up a little bit of a moment in 1996, which is nice and kind of what you do as a musician (and) that you hope to do as a writer.