It’s a trip into The Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow. It was 50 years ago that the San Francisco psychedelic band released their signature second album with hits like “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love.”
Syrinx was an Canadian band making an electronic space music a few years before Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze’s seminal works. Their early 1970s works has been collected on a new album, Tumblers from the Vault. We talk to founding members John Mills-Cockell and Doug Pringle.
Upon the release of Pink Floyd’s Early Years box set, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason takes us back to the seminal days of this iconic rock group, talking about light shows, happenings, and sonic experiments that exploded the concept of pop.
On January 4th, 1967, The Doors fired the first shot in a monumental year in music. 50 years later we’ll hear tracks from the debut, covers, and a concert of Doors music by keyboardist Ray Manzarek with pianist George Winston.