Elvis Costello's series pumps up Sundance on Dec. 3 Dec 1, 2008
The list of performers reflects his interest in a wide range of musical styles: George Jones, Chet Baker, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Robert Wyatt, Charles Brown, No Doubt, Solomon Burke, June Tabor, Howard Tate, the gospel vocal group The Fairfield Four and the viol consort Fretwork with the countertenor Michael Chance. In 2003, he began a songwriting partnership with his wife, the jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, resulting in six songs included in her highly successful... (Monsters and Critics.com)
Fresh Hot Chip: Covers, EPs, Shows, New Songs Sep 25, 2008
In a month, the group will also be releasing a collection of remixes of songs from its 2008 album "Made in the Dark," dubbed "Remade in the Dark." Featured are a new mixes of "We're Looking for a Lot of Love," "Whistle for Will" and the title track by veteran producer Robert Wyatt. The band, in turn, produced a track on Wyatt's forthcoming Domino effort. (Billboard.com)
DAILY TIMES OBITUARIES FOR SEPT. 4 Sep 4, 2008
Survivors: Husband, James T. Wyatt Jr. of Glenolden; daughter, Karen Grazino of Lansdowne; sons, James Wyatt III of Lansdowne, Robert Wyatt of Lafayette Hill; brother, Louis Rodriguez of Philadelphia; five grandchildren. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Louis Church, 821 W. Cobbs Creek Parkway, Yeadon. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Record doctor: Les Dennis Jul 13, 2008
Well, it was written by him but first sung by Robert Wyatt ... Neither adjective is true of MGMT ('Time to Pretend'), of course, this year's answer to the Flaming Lips, while Robert Wyatt exists in a warped world of his own, one with which the Patient is unfamiliar. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hot Chip: Techno, Electro, Pop, Sou... Jul 8, 2008
There are a few bands that we all love like Robert Wyatt and Kraftwerk and classics like the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones, but not many. There will often be a fight over the stereo, like Oh, I m tired of this techno music, I want to listen to some folk. (Suite101.com)
No rest for the busy Jun 21, 2008
Yet this didn't work for the singer Robert Wyatt. In his song Heaps of Sheep, the animals, once counted and over the stile, refused to go further and piled up creating a vast writhing heap, causing the sleepless singer to be so traumatised he could no longer even close his eyes. (BBC News -- UK)
Mod on his side - Paul Weller interview May 25, 2008
Robert Wyatt features on the free-jazz tribute to Alice Coltrane, 'Song For Alice', Graham Coxon on the haunting Bowie-ish 'Black River', Stone Roses members Ian Brown and Aziz Ibrahim perform on spoken-word track 'God', and a Scottish ballad is performed with John McCusker. Free jazz fusion, tango, spoken word and psychedelic avant-garde experiments are all there, as well as a collaboration with close ally Noel Gallagher, who appears as co-writer and performer on forthcoming single 'Echoes... (Scotsman)
Paul Weller: Style councillor May 24, 2008
Weller's seems to have found a late torrent of inspiration in recent years, with his new album voyaging into all manner of musical realms, not least a jazz tribute to avant-garde harpist Alice Coltrane, accompanied by his friend Robert Wyatt; several further folk and psychedelic excursions; cool coffee-bar soul; and even hardcore electronica, terrain one would never have expected to find him traversing. Weller is like the musical equivalent of those forever-young pensioners who, upon retirement,... (Independent)
What's Happening May 8, 2008
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Words of love - and lust Apr 22, 2008
Backed by his band, the Blokes (a deluxe album version includes an extra CD of Bragg performing the album solo in the studio), Bragg colors his brilliant Cockney-accented discourse with Appalachian folk on the Woody Guthrie-influenced "O Freedom," where he protests, "Freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name?" On "I Keep Faith," which features Soft Machine legend Robert Wyatt, he taps classic soul. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Roots manoeuvre Apr 18, 2008
One of those musicians is the maverick singer Robert Wyatt, a guest star on Hih. "A couple of years ago I came across a newspaper interview with Robert," says Vasconcelos. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
CPSO arrest Lake Charles man on terrorizing charges Apr 1, 2008
Judge Robert Wyatt set their bonds at 22,500 each. CPSO Sgt. Jody Pelloquin was the arresting officer. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Athens rockers find new sounds 'In a Cave' Mar 27, 2008
Robert Wyatt and Brian Eno - his production value is something that we always touch on and try and emulate a little bit. " Even if influences abound, Elf Power has always forged its own way, gliding through psychedelic, glam and pop with equal aplomb, all the while embracing Rieger's fascination with imaginative sounds, and lyrics that sometimes reference myths, archetypes and fairy tales. "In a Cave," he says, has a little of everything, but in talking about the album, he's mostly enthusiastic... (Athens Banner-Herald)
'The Unfairground' shines with a calm allure Mar 18, 2008
Arrangements of guitars, horns, and strings are brightened by new admirers from the Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, and Architecture in Helsinki, and seasoned by old pals Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper, and Phil Manzanera. Ayers's reflective songs shine with a calm allure, his accommodating baritone and off-center melodies lifting the world-weary lyrics until they sound almost cheery. (Boston Globe)
The Set List at SXSW Mar 7, 2008
Record includes perfs from Ian McLagan and Robert Wyatt. Beyond Bragg, there is a litany of U.K. events in the daylight. (Variety)
St. Vincent plays Boston Feb 27, 2008
Today she listens to the jazz fusion of Robert Wyatt, American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, and Alice Coltrane (wife of John Coltrane and a pianist, organist, composer), stuff that s more on the side of, you know, just a little bit out there, a little bit experimental, Clark said. Clark started taking music seriously at a young age. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
CPSO Vice Division makes drug related arrests Feb 1, 2008
Judge Robert Wyatt set his bond at 75,000. Another investigation by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Vice Division revealed on January 21st, Zuzana Williams, 45, 1009 Patton St. , DeRidder, dropped off a fake prescription, that she made on her computer, at Rite Aid Pharmacy on Ryan St., in Lake Charles to get it filled. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Bragg Preaches 'Love And Justice' Feb 1, 2008
Faces principal Ian McLagan guests on Hammond organ and piano, while Robert Wyatt sings on album opener "I Keep Faith." Grant Showbiz (the Smiths, the Fall) produced. "Mr. Love & Justice" is the follow-up to Bragg's Elektra Records swansong, 2002's "England, Half English." The artist will unveil material from the album during Anti-'s March 13 showcase at South by Southwest in Austin. (Billboard.com)
Craftsmanship is instrumental in ''Note by Note'' Jan 4, 2008
For those who attend tonight's screening, that instrument will be the actual L1037, which will be used in a post-screening performance by Robert Wyatt. Jeremy Eichler can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Ring in the new year with a good movie Dec 30, 2007
M. Steinert & Sons, Boston's local Steinway dealer, is arranging for the actual piano that's shown in the film to be at the MFA that night, and pianist and Gershwin scholar Robert Wyatt will perform a program of Gershwin music on the instrument following the movie. "Note by Note" will also play on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and four additional times in January. (Boston Globe)
Sbastien Tellier Nov 20, 2007
Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt ... Only when I listened to Robert Wyatt did I discover, oh, there is somebody else better. (Guardian Unlimited)
It wasn't pretty, but Wenger's understudies prove in Prague theycan perform Nov 11, 2007
It wasn't pretty, but Wenger's understudies prove in Prague they can perform. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Getting better, not older Nov 10, 2007
Comic genius musician Robert Wyatt ... I HAVEN'T SEEN Robert Wyatt for more than 25 years but, as with most old and close friends, we pick up where we left off as though that quarter of a century has only been a few days ... Comic genius … musician Robert Wyatt. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Thanks to trailblazing musicians, fans don't have to worry about RIAA lawsuits Oct 19, 2007
Upon In Rainbows' release, Yorke quoted English musician Robert Wyatt (ex-Soft Machine): "There's a whole endless thing going on out there. You make your little pond, but if your pond isn't connected to the river, which isn't connected to an ocean, it's just going to dry up. It's just a little piss pool. I've lived too long to be happy in a pond.". Forget about waiting. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
'I was trapped into being alive' Oct 18, 2007
Never one to shy away from confronting his inner demons, Robert Wyatt's latest work is as poignant as ever ... I'm a mine of misinformation," says Robert Wyatt, wheeling his chair into the front room of the Georgian townhouse he shares with his wife, Alfreda Benge. "I'll just invent something. (Guardian Unlimited)
September 13-30, 2007, Obituaries Sep 20, 2007
Survivors include his brother, Robert Wyatt Martin; sisters, Jan Martin and Edyth Weathers; good friends and cousins, Ray and Greg Slatton; a host of nephews and nieces that love him. Services: A memorial service will be Saturday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Samuel Johnson officiating. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Nightingale of Barnsley turns her skill to producing Sep 15, 2007
" Featuring self-penned songs alongside interpretations of numbers by leftfield mavericks Robert Wyatt and Bonnie Prince Billy, the band's follow-up, Bairns, was also recorded on a tight budget. However, on hearing the results, music industry giants EMI were so impressed they struck a deal with the band's label, RabbleRouser Music, to license the album worldwide. "Some of it was recorded at home, mostly under our stairs," says Rachel. "The rest was recorded in a little cottage up near Hadrian's... (Scotsman)
Mercury dilemmaWill big names lose out to little-known acts in the music prize battle? Sep 5, 2007
She's the most talented nominee since Robert Wyatt, but of course as far as 99% of folk are concerned these days she's a celeb, not a musician. Richard, Oxford, U.K.. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
At last, a rock opera that sings Aug 17, 2007
Deutsche Grammophon has released a rock opera by Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori, "Welcome to the Voice," in which Sting, Robert Wyatt, and Elvis Costello mingle with Barbara Bonney and other opera singers. Freddie Mercury, that most overtly operatic of rockers, once hooked up with soprano Montserrat Caballe for the gloriously over-the-top "Barcelona." Caballe is retired and Mercury is dead, but "Barcelona" lives on; it was just revived for a recording by the Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra... (Boston Globe)
Columbia Records Announces the Stateside Release of David Gilmour's 'Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall' On Tuesday, September 18 Aug 8, 2007
Double DVD Set, Directed By David Mallet, Features More Than Five Hours Of Material Including An On-The-Road Documentary And Guest Appearances by David Bowie and Robert Wyatt ... Lasting more than 5 hours, "Remember That Night -- Live At The Royal Albert Hall" includes Gilmour's rave-reviewed London concert -- featuring special guest appearances from David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby and Graham Nash -- as well as 2 hours and 40+ minutes of extras, notably a revelatory fly-on-the-wall... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Indie-rock titan's enchanted childhood Jul 24, 2007
On Tuesday I'm releasing an EP a final companion piece to Knives Don't Have Your Back that is named after a poem Paul wrote for his friend Robert Wyatt (2), called "What is Free to a Good Home?" I found out what it could mean to write a song by listening to Wyatt. When I made my first rudimentary recordings, he was kind enough to listen to them and send back cryptic observations and suggestions that kept me going. (Toronto Star)
Billboard Bits: Bruce Hornsby, Robert Wyatt, Gucci Mane... Jun 13, 2007
Billboard Bits: Bruce Hornsby, Robert Wyatt, Gucci Mane. Billboard Bits: Bruce Hornsby, Robert Wyatt, Gucci Mane ... Former Soft Machine principal Robert Wyatt has inked with Domino for the Oct. 9 release of a new album, "Comicopera," his studio project since 2003. (Billboard.com)
Costello keyboardist Nieve finds his own voice May 28, 2007
" Rounding out the vocal cast are former Soft Machine member Robert Wyatt as The Friend ("Knowing Robert's voice, it was a dream when he agreed to play that character," says Nieve) and sopranos Nathalie Manfrino (Ghost of Butterfly), Amanda Roocroft (Ghost of Norma) and Sara Fulgoni (Ghost of Carmen). As for the future of Welcome to the Voice, the 49-year-old Nieve (ne Nason) says he is now "dreaming" of staging the opera. "I've had interest from various places, and presenters in New York and... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
A DEVIANT DISCOGRAPHY May 6, 2007
Bjrk brings in an Inuit choir, psychedelic folk-rocker Robert Wyatt and the Roots beatboxer Rahzel to create a soundscape unlike any other. Some moments are gorgeous, others are challenging. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Romantic poetry will never rock the house Apr 12, 2007
Robert Wyatt, Jack Bruce and Marianne Faithfull singing the words. Class stuff. (Guardian Unlimited)
Nursing the Rock to life Apr 9, 2007
Robert Wyatt Thorne is almost as strong doing the male roles, though his costume pale beige and white like the others' is more reminiscent of a psych ward orderly than an everyman Newfoundlander, a very minor miscue. Deidre Gillard-Rowlings's Nurse Bennett has a brisk efficiency that borders on brusqueness. (Toronto Star)
Get your motor running Feb 20, 2007
"He's like a northern John Peel," says the musician Robert Wyatt, who is one of Clayton's biggest fans and loves the book, calling it "a magical roller-coaster". Playwright Alan Plater is also an admirer, describing the final poignant chapter as "the bravest piece of writing I've ever read. It is, as Lady Day [Billie Holiday] sang, but beautiful.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Bjork Drafts Timbaland, Antony For New Album... Jan 21, 2007
The new album is Bjork's first since 2004's stark "Medulla," which boasted contributions from Mike Patton, Rahzel, Matmos and Robert Wyatt. Bjork's site also confirms the Icelandic singer will return to the road this year. (Billboard.com)
