This weeks memorabilia of the week is the 10×8 publicity photograph issued to promote the single Avenue D taken from the film soundtrack Rooftops.  Dave Stewart and Etta James also recorded a video to go with the track, see related posts below for the link to the...

This weeks Memorabilia Of The Week are these three pieces of artwork created by Dave Stewart, inspired by Bob Dylan and auction by Warchild. Dave Stewart’s Milestone – Bob Dylan “If it were not for Bob Dylan’s songs being played in our house, I would never have learned to play the guitar. I learned every song from the Freewheelin album for my first public appearance. I wanted to make my Milestone a simple piece...

This weeks advert of the week is this full page advert for Dave Stewart’s first solo album with the Spiritual Cowboys.

David Whitaker the man who orchestrated the strings on 8 tracks of the Eurythmics album Peace has died at the age of 81. Here’s an excerpt of an interview he did in 2001 with Sound On Sound For example, when I was working with Andy Wright on the Eurythmics album Peace, both he and Dave Stewart had put ideas into the demos from which I was working. These I worked into the score, and also some of my own ideas. In the old days you were...

The Ultimate Annie Lennox \ Eurythmics tribute act will be appearing on Swindon 105.5FM Radio Station on Sunday 29th January at 9.00pm   It will be the first chance to hear Kirstie Kay performing live.   Tune in next week when we’ll have some very special demo CD’s to giveaway.   Visit www.annielennoxtribute.com to find out more!   Good Luck Kirstie!   Details From Swindon 105.5 : Live every Sunday night...

Source: Playbill.com Rock legends-turned-Broadway composers Dave Stewart (half of The Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard (producer-songwriter of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill”) join Tony-winning director Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage), original screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, and Broadway’s “Molly,” “Sam” and “Ode Mae”...

The Ghost The Musical Light Sessions are now over, and what a day yesterday was.  It seems that Richard and Caissie have moved into their new home very easily, and really showed the audience what to expect from ghost when it opens on Broadway in a few months time.   It seems so long ago that the Abbey Road sessions were broadcast, yet seems just like yesterday when watching this back.   Broadway, are you really ready for what is...

The annual Klosters Snow Polo is a winter event that is rather different – combining the beautiful sport of snow polo with a chic winter festival atmosphere in including live music concerts.   This year Annie Lennox attended as the representative of  the Sentebale charity, the chosen charity partner for the tournament in 2012.  Sentebale was set up in memory of it’s founding patron’s mothers’, HRH Prince Henry of Wales and...

Another Eurythmics press photo taken on 25.04.1984, it doesn’t say what it was used for. For more photos please visit Norma’s...

In celebratiuon of the life of Etta James, this weeks record of the week is this German CD Single for the track Avenue D that Etta James recorded with Dave Stewart for the Rooftops Original Soundtrack.   The CD has the catalogue number CDP5602233152 and features the following tracks: Avenue D (Kevorkian Remix) (6:56) Avenue D (Avenue Dub) (4:39) Avenue D (Sound Assassins Mix)...

Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC as part of the Ultimate Orchestral Performance Workshop, presented by the Own Your Voice Vocal Studio.   Twenty Two students had taken part in this amazing opportunity to be able to put into practice what they have learned by singing a song of their choice (some performed their own originals), backed by an amazingly talented band and a full orchestra. Put together by Own Your Voice owner...

On Thursday 19th January Ghost the Musical was introduced to the New York critics and press in the form of the Ghost Light Sessions.  This event was a first for Broadway with no musical in the history of The Great White Way launching itself in this way.   A ghost light is a light left on the stage of a theatre when the rest of the building is dark to ward away theatre ghosts, so its a perfect symbol for the producers to use to...

In 2008 Annie Lennox chose her records on the famous BBC Radio 4 programmes Desert Island Discs hosted by Kirsty Young. For a short time until the 29th January, you can listen again to this fascinating interview and song choices here. At the end of the show, Kirsty Young updates Annie’s life and also revealed that Annie actually sang along to many of the songs in the studio as they were being...

This week’s video is in tribute to the late, great Etta James, who sadly passed from this world on January 20th.  Dave Stewart and Etta recorded this song for the soundtrack to the 1989 Robert Wise film “Rooftops”.  It’s a blistering, blues-rock number which deals with addiction in the Alphabet City section of New York.  It pulls no punches and is definitely a gem waiting to be...

This week’s interview is one from my archives in 3 parts.  I have few details on this interview, so if you know more, please let me know!!  It’s all in French with a small interview with Dave. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is...

This weeks magazine of the week features Eurythmics in Smash Hits (Australia) from 1986 Open publication - Free publishing See all of our Magazines of the...

Etta James sadly passed away today. Dave Stewart worked with Etta James on a track called Avenue D that was part of the Rooftops Soundtrack that Dave Stewart put together.   From CNN Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as “The Wallflower,” “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” and the wedding favorite “At Last,” has died, according to her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De...

We’re delighted to announce that our new look Gigography has finally gone live. We’re slowly bringing the various elements of the site up to date, and we hope you like the way the new Gigography looks. It also introduces a simple search tool for you as well.   We know there are gaps, and we would love for you to contribute anything you own to the gigography archives, particularly from the Spiritual Cowboys and live dates...