Six Degrees of Separation: Sinead O’Connor to Mark O’Connor
Sinead O’Connor released her 5th studio album in 2000, titled Faith and Courage… …13 years earlier George Michael topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Charts for several weeks with the single Faith. The homonymous album was partially recorded at the Puk Studios in Denmark like… …Depeche Mode’s 1990 album Violator. Martin Gore, co-founder of the band, is [...]
Six Degrees of Separation: Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton
David Gilmour, born on 6 March 1946, singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd, married… …journalist and writer Polly Samson (born on 1962,April 29th) in 1994. Samson once attented a seminar led by the performance poet… …Pete Brown, born 25th of December 1940, was also the lyricist for British Supergroup… …CREAM. Fellow members included: bassist/vocalist Jack [...]
Six Degrees of Separation: Patti Smith and Carl Wilson
Patti Smith Song writer and singer was born in December 1946. Gone again 1996 Smith’s album contains the song ‘About a boy’ a tribute to… …Kurt Cobain. Similarly to Patti Smith, Cobain was the son of a waitress. Lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, he was fan of classic rock bands from the 1970s. Occasionally the band [...]
Six Degrees of Separation: Rolling Stones and Joss Stone
The Rolling Stones formed in London in April 1962. Among the songs that helped to establish their fame is ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, released in May 1965. That same year… …Otis Redding recorded his rendition of the song, claiming never to have heard the Stones’ version. Despite his early death, Redding’s back-catalogue has inspired [...]
Six Degrees of Separation: Scott Cohen and Leonard Cohen
Scott Cohen is the co-founder of digital distribution company The Orchard, and sits on Decibel’s advisory board. Scott also manages Danish indie rock duo, The Raveonettes, one half of which is… …Sharon Foo who was born on 22 November 1973. On this day… …David Bowie was number one in the UK album charts with his [...]