Saturday, 29 March 2014

Enjoy Yourself Its Later Than You Think, Punk and Ska Flyposters in Soho

Soho is a bit of a building site at the moment with Crossrail cutting through Tottenham Court Road and underneath Soho Square on the one side and restaurants being refurbished on the other. Amongst all this chaos there are some great fly posters that have appeared. In Soho Square there is a series of images celebrating the history of music in Soho. The image below shows Adam Ant playing at the Marquee.

Across the other side of Soho in Berwick Street Market outside what was once the King of Corsica, is this  iconic image of Siouxsie Sioux (and now my new mobile wallpaper).


Finally this last image is of Terry Hall and Lynvall Goulding of The Specials. Both of these fly posters are outside the Alan Yau restaurant. Can't wait to see what appears next...





Wednesday, 12 March 2014

PRS 100 Years of Music Centenary Exhibition Getty Images Gallery

This month the Getty Images Gallery plays host to the Performing Rights Society Centenary. Its a 100 years since the PRS was formed on 6 March 1914 to ensure music creators were paid for live performances and sheet music. This exhibition has the best music creators, composers and songwriters including Noel Coward and Benjamin Britten. Artists such as the Arctic Monkeys are displayed next to the Beatles. The Rolling Stones are pictured in the sixties. There is an iconic picture of Ian Curtis from Joy Division, Paul Weller and the Jam as well as a great photograph of The Clash posing next to a Railway line. Eighties and Nineties artists are represented by Morrisey and Marr, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, Radiohead, Blur and PJ Harvey. Photographer Lucy Sewill contributes the Photographs. For more information go to www.prsformusic.com/100years