Duster bennett biography of nancy
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Things have been very Mitford orientated this week; The Mitford Girls&#; Guide to Life will be available in America from tomorrow onwards (1 November). It seems odd to think that it has been almost a year since Mark at The History Press commissioned my book, how time flies! I am always happiest when prowling through archived articles, old photos and listening to other people&#;s stories so I came up with an idea to edit an annual for The Mitford Society. I&#;ve given this project the code name &#;Posh Beano.&#;
Why an annual? The internet is a marvel and I&#;m so happy with how The Mitford Society has grown over the past few years. I&#;m also grateful for everyone&#;s support and, of course, to the people who allow me to interview them for this companion blog. I&#;m slowly establishing myself as a go-to person for info on aristocrats from that era and this has given me the idea to expand The Mitford samhälle. The internet does not have the same appeal as flicking through a nice
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Max Jones
photo: Max Jones circa (© Max Jones Archive)
Max Jones co-founded the magazine Jazz Music, which set out "to reassert the pioneering role of the African-American, to emphasise the music’s social dimensions, and to attack the glossy commercialism of big-band swing". After , Max had had a full-time job writing features for the Melody Maker in the column “Collectors’ Corner”. In the following years he gained more and more high recognition as a proven expert of New Orleans Jazz, swing, and mainstream jazz. A collection of his articles on musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, and Mary Lou Williams was published as a book entitled Talking Jazz in In Max published a Louis Armstrong biography, Louis Armstrong Story, together with John Chilton. He also wrote a number of liner no
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Fleetwood Mac&#;s 50 Greatest Songs
In , early in the recording process of what would come to be Fleetwood Mac&#;s epochal skiva Rumours, they took some time off from touring and rented a house in Florida to work on new material. With the two relationships at the center of the band unraveling, it may not have been the best time for a family vacation: &#;Aside from the
obvious unstated tension, I remember the house having a distinctly bad vibe to it, as if it was haunted, which did nothing to help matters,&#; Mick Fleetwood wrote in his memoir. While there, Lindsey Buckingham wrote a bruising new song that channeled the darkening anger brought on by his impending breakup with Stevie Nicks. &#;&#;Go Your Own Way&#; was filled with anger, it was filled with angst,&#; he recalled. With an inverted stomping drumbeat and a taut, aggressive guitar part, it was also a hard-driving departure from the &#;light rock&#; with which Fleetwood Mac were being grouped. &#;I had this idea taken f