moody blues Archive
29 Dec 2015
Best of 2015: Archival and Reissue Releases
This year has been another great one for reissues and compilations. As much as I delight in the discovery of new music, there remains a staggering backlog of music that […]
28 Apr 2015
Album Review: The Moody Blues — The Magnificent Moodies (Part 2)
Continued from Part One... The early Moody Blues certainly deserved better success than they found. Their lack of chart action was certainly a factor in Denny Laine‘s departure. But during […]
27 Apr 2015
Album Review: The Moody Blues — The Magnificent Moodies (Part 1)
Not long ago I interviewed Moody Blues founding member/flautist/vocalist Ray Thomas; much of our conversation centered around a new box set documenting the group’s pre-Days of Future Passed material. That […]
08 Jan 2015
“Go Now” and Then: The Ray Thomas Interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Back in 1965, the original lineup of The Moody Blues did seem poised for bigger things: that year they played the prestigious and televised NME Poll […]
07 Jan 2015
“Go Now” and Then: The Ray Thomas Interview, Part 1
The Moody Blues made their most indelible mark on pop music with the landmark LP Days of Future Passed. That concept album was one of the earliest successful combinations of […]
11 Mar 2014
The Moody Blues’ Mike Pinder: Promise Renewed (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… BK: Eighteen years passed between release of The Promise and Among the Stars. Certainly you were busy with other things in the intervening years, but why […]
10 Mar 2014
The Moody Blues’ Mike Pinder: Promise Renewed (Part One)
Keyboardist Mike Pinder was a founding member of the Moody Blues. He was with them back in the really early days, when their lead singer was Denny Laine (later of […]
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