London’s BFI Southbank celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Ronnie Scott’s jazz club with its Jazz In June programme which features both free and ticketed events. Amongst the attractions on offer are live performances courtesy of Ronnie Scott’s musicians and the highlight of the season will be a Jazz Weekender from 12-14th June, with [...]
Journal entries about Celebrities
Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 7
You could go into almost any club and there was a great band and you probably knew the people in it. You had a few drinks with them, heard some really great music, sat down with them and had a really good laugh - and you had a great evening. It was pretty amazing; it [...]
Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 6
When I became a professional musician in 1963, there was no real recording industry at the time, but all of a sudden, the recording industry started to buck up and this wave of English music cut across the world. It was absolutely amazing to eventually go to places in Japan and have kids come up [...]
Sixties Happenings - Mini United
The first Mini was unveiled to the public on 26th August 1959, three years after the design was first sketched out on a napkin by British engineer Sir Alec Issigonis, and became THE iconic car of the Sixties. Appropriately, the brand celebrates its 50th birthday at Silverstone racetrack on the weekend of 22nd-24th May with [...]