Tag: Frank Sinatra

• Matt Maltese: Bad Contestant

  He’s got an unusual name, and this is an unusual album, somewhere between Frank Sinatra and Stephin Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields fame; his approach is also like Squeeze, slightly lugubrious pop with lyrics that tell stories. You could cite Morrissey, too, or The Divine Comedy. Maltese talks about life with a perennial hangdog expression, […]

  jerobear

  July 23, 2018

  Pop rock

  As the World Caves In, Bad Contestant, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Divine Comedy, early, Frank Sinatra, funk, Greatest Comedian, Guilty, jazz, Less and Less, Like A Fish, Matt Maltese, Misery, Morrissey, Mortals, music, Nightclub Love, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, Squeeze, Stephin Merritt, Strange Time, Sweet 16, The Magnetic Fields

• Frank Sinatra: A Voice On Air (1935-1955)

  This 4CD deluxe box set comprises 100-odd tracks featuring radio broadcasts and rehearsals featuring Sinatra, and restored from the original recording masters. This overview charts Sinatra’s evolution as a vocalist, and includes samples of his radio work from the first 20 years of his career. Having just had Peter Andre’s swing album to review, this […]

  jerobear

  December 9, 2015

  Big Band, Singers, Uncategorized

  4CD deluxe box set, radio broadcasts, rehearsals, original recording masters, Haunted Heart, Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl and The Hit Parade Orchestra, S-H-I-N-E, Hoboken Four, Fred Allen, Frank S, A Voice On Air (1935-1955), Congleton Chronicle, Review Corner, new music, album review, music, classical, rock, jazz, folk, eletronica, Jeremy Condliffe, Biddulph Chronicle, Alsager Chronicle, Sandbach Chronicle, good music, bu, Frank Sinatra

• Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Sinatra

  Francis Albert was born 100 years ago this December — yes, Frank is as old as the First World War — so we can expect much in the way of Frankobilia in the coming months. The first question must be why you should be interested in a man who’s been dead for some time and […]

  jerobear

  April 3, 2015

  Jazz, Uncategorized

  and It Was A Very Good Year., Capitol and Reprise, Columbia, Congleton Chronicle, Fly Me To The Moon, Frank Sinatra, I’ll Never Smile, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, My Kind Of Town, Ultimate Sinatra