Michael Chapman was an eclectic English singer songwriter in the same mould as Roy Harper and Wizz Jones. A former art & photography teacher, Chapman emerged from the folk scene in Yorkshire, gaining a reputation as one of England’s finest original singer-songwriters.He first appeared on the London and Cornwall folk music circuits in 1967, alongside […] Continue reading →

Bill Fay a UK based singer, songwriter and pianist, in hindsight an overlooked apocalyptic sage with a vision to the future. Ex-Them drummer Terry Noon helped Bill to sign a recording contract with ‘Decca’ putting out the oddly “Some Good Advice”/”Screams In The Ears” backed by Southend band The Fingers. This was followed by the […] Continue reading →

Blackburn & Snow were a hip duet that appeared in the early mid sixties on the San Francisco music scene in the USA. The group consisted of ex Bakersfield Rebels guitarist-singer Jeff Blackburn & ex Sherry Snow & Geronimo vocalist Sherry Snow who became romantically involved in 1965, living together in Berkeley, California and performing […] Continue reading →

Wading through the countless Prog Rivers and endless streams of England’s Progressive tide however magical cannot be described as a wondrous Tolkienistic endurance of Dr Robert Moog’s resurrection and eventual demise. The causeway has valleys of unreachable dimension and between those undulating plains, hidden crevices and jagged cliffs you will have your senses jarred and […] Continue reading →

Irwin Klein And The New Settlers: Photographs Of Conterculture In New Mexico Just in time for the 20th Anniversary of Hippy.com we are happy to announce the publication of a book about Hippie Culture from the 1960s in New Mexico. “When my late uncle Irwin Klein first came to El Rito, a Hispaño village located […] Continue reading →

T 2 was singularly in the same power surge as Jody Grind and Led Zeppelin. T2 formed in 1970 when Peter Dunton of The Flies left Gun to join guitarist Keith Cross and bassist Bernard Jenkins from Bulldog Breed. By the time they performed their third gig they were booked for the ‘BBC’ sessions and […] Continue reading →

Tudor Lodge – Golden threads from Morocco. Born in the year 1968, from the temporary union of John Stannard & Roger Stevens came the textured harmony and guitar of Tudor Lodge. Also to come on board was Lyndon Green who replaced Roger Stevens shortly after they met at the ‘Windsor Folk Festival.’ Thanks to the […] Continue reading →

This is part of Shiloh Noone’s weekly write up of rare groups. Group write-ups you never hear of or little is known about. The Gothic Bram Stoker Cressida’s keyboard dominated style was not unlike the Gothic drone of Bournemouth band Bram Stoker, singularly England’s most ignored Prog entity. Bram Stoker who rose out of the […] Continue reading →

The word underscore comes to mind when I hear Pearls Before Swine. Here lies a wooden expression lightly fused with jazz tempo, but solidified exoterically with remarkable poetry, the ultimate impression of Tom Rapp. Tom got it together quite early when he recruited high school friends Wayne Harley (banjo, mandolin), Lane Lederer (bass, guitar) & […] Continue reading →

Spiritual enlightenment descended upon Nottinghill Gate in 1969 when Ram Jam alias Ron Rothfield formed the esoteric Quintessence. Members included ex Unknown Blues vocalist Phil Jones (Shiva Shankar) keyboards, ex Confusion Allan Mostert lead guitar / Veena, Sitar, Maha Dev rhythm guitar, Shanbhu Baba bass, ex Junior’s Eyes Jake Milton drums & Dave Balen tablas. […] Continue reading →