A celebration and an appreciation of black art.
Creative Direction
Why you should visit Jimi Hendrix’s London flat
& why he chose to move to the city.
Why you should visit Brigitte Bardot’s favourite spanish beach resort
Discover Brigitte Bardot’s Old Spanish Holiday Destination.
La Dolce Vita: Rome Travel Diary
As soon as the platinum blonde Anita Ekberg stepped off of the plane and into the glitter of Rome’s paparazzi, she was taken by the city into a world of music, food and late night parties. It was there, in the city’s back streets, that she became enamoured with a kitten, found herself dancing on …
20 Rock Albums Turning 50 Years Old In 2018
These essential rock albums are reaching the grand old age of 50 this year. The music of 1967 had a huge influence over the new year. The Beatles’ highly rated Sgt. Pepper concept album could be found in the fabric of many of the new records. The year before had been a great time for …
Jimi Hendrix Is Releasing A New Album
10 previously unheard Hendrix tracks will be released on a new record due out next year. The album Both Sides Of The Sky will be the final part of a trilogy which includes the previously released Valleys of Neptune and People, Hell & Angels. Eddie Kramer, the man who worked on every Hendrix recording while …
Listen To Paul McCartney’s Rare 1965 Christmas Mixtape
An extremely rare recording made by Paul McCartney has surfaced online. Paul McCartney made this record in 1965 for his bandmates around Christmastime. Only three copies of this record were known to exist. Dangerous Minds published this mixtape-style record along with an interview with Paul from 1995. “I had two Brenell tape recorders set up …
Charles Manson Is Dead
The infamous ’60s cult leader Charles Manson has died at the age of 83. Charles Manson has died in Kern County Hospital in Bakersfield, California after a lingering health issue that has affected him since the 19th January 2017. This marks the end of his life sentence from his admittance on the 25th January 1971. …
50 Years Of The Doors’ Strange Days
“When the still sea conspires an armour And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead” – Horse Latitudes The immortal poetry of Jim Morrison was further showcased in The Doors’ second album Strange Days. With a bigger budget and new equipment, the band was free to experiment with sound in …
Live Review: The Monkees
“Before Justin Bieber, before One Direction, there was The Monkees,” announces Whoopi Goldberg on the projector screen in Hammersmith Apollo. Old TV shows and newsreels follow, building a story of this famous band’s past until the building climaxes in adolescent adoration as Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz walk onto the stage. In the ‘60s, an …