If the much vaunted ‘Canterbury Scene’ can be said to exist - and it’s quite instructive to realise how many of its supposed leading lights claim there’s no such thing!! - then the voice of Richard Sinclair must surely be one of its defining features. His ‘cherry wine’ vocals have lit up albums by Caravan,..
Iconic prog band Caravan’s ‘Golf Girl’ given new life via high-energy remix by innovative duo Another Chemical Love Story
Digital Release Only: Friday 11th October 2024 The iconic progressive rock band Caravan's beloved track Golf Girl has been given a new life in the form of a high-energy dance remix by the innovative electronic duo, Another Chemical Love Story. Released under the legendary DERAM label, this remix brings a fresh and modern twist to..
Caravan – Buxton Pavilion Arts Centre (16 October 2022)
I suspect I'm not alone in my experience of Caravan being mostly limited to a couple of their early albums, some fifty years ago, and not having seen them live before. This much delayed opportunity came along with the band's current twelve-date "Make It Your Business" tour, so I thought "why not!" On a damp..
PYE HASTINGS: ‘Who Does He Think He Is?’ – Caravan main man on matters past, present and future
PHOTOS: Carl Glover Scottish-born but forever to be associated with Canterbury and the ‘Canterbury Scene’, Julian ‘Pye’ Hastings is guitarist, vocalist and main songwriter with legendary prog band Caravan, a band which grew out of the remnants of seminal Canterbury band The Wilde Flowers in 1968. He’s now the only ever-present member on Caravan’s long..
CARAVAN – It’s None Of Your Business (Madfish)
Following hot on the heels of their recently released 37-disc box set, Caravan release their first studio album since 2013’s Paradise Filter, a collection of nine songs plus a short instrumental; an album the band claim is mainly influenced by ‘the restrictions imposed on society over the past eighteen months.’ None Of Your Business was,..
CARAVAN – Who Do We Think We Are? – Box Set (Madfish)
Billed as the ultimate tribute to legendary Canterbury band Caravan, this monumental undertaking comprises all sixteen studio albums, some with a CD of bonus tracks, four official ‘live’ albums plus eleven previously unreleased ‘live’ albums, a Blu-Ray of In The Land Of Grey And Pink, and a DVD of rare performances across Europe, including recordings..
HRH PROG VIII – London/Sheffield 26 Oct 2019
PHOTOGRAPHS: SHEFFIELD: Chris Walkden, LONDON: Graeme Stroud The eighth installment of the ongoing HRH Prog festival came in an intriguing format: the same identical weekend line-up simultaneously in two cities, London and Sheffield, but with the days reversed, so that the Saturday line-up in London played on Sunday in Sheffield, and vice versa. That's a..