The Byrds

AmericanA to Z : The Byrds

July 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Not every A-Z artist is a complete unknown, sometimes it’s good to remember just how good some of the seminal bands really were. The Byrds are the band that spawned a thousand jangly guitar bands, seemingly […]

House Above The Sun “Five Hours North” (HATS Music, 2017)

November 6, 2017 David Cowling 0

HATS are a celebratory kind of a band; their music rings with the joy of making music, not the artistic struggle. The songs don’t sound like they were wrung from a tormented soul, more like they […]

Chris Hillman updates Byrds’ classic

July 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Sadly the track is embedded on Rolling Stone’s page so you’ll have to head there for a listen but it’s worth the click. They report: “This fall, with his 73rd birthday looming on the horizon, Chris […]

The Byrds’ Chris Hillman announces new album

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

News courtesy of Stereogum this morning who report: “This fall, the Byrds’ Chris Hillman will release his first studio album in over a decade, Bidin’ My Time. It was produced by Tom Petty at his studio in […]

The Byrds “Live At The Fillmore – February 1969” (Floating World Records, 2017)

June 1, 2017 Michael Farley 1

Oh to have been there – February 7th and 8th 1969 at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West! The irony is that The Byrds were a warm up act on this occasion, a sound check for others including […]