In 1971, when I was 16, I used to work as a grounds keeper at a tennis court complex just outside The Hague in the Netherlands. It was a summer vacation job, and my goal was to save enough money to purchase my first two LPs. I had my sight set on Boomer’s Story by Ry Cooder and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Tracks from the albums were often played late at night on Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station floating off the coast of Holland. I was mesmerized by the power of the music, and its ability to transpose me to another world, a sun-kissed Southern California. View PDF
All Features | No. 40
Daniele Luppi: An Italian Story
by Scott Colburn
Italian-born film composer Daniele Luppi grew up listening to the groovy lounge sounds of Italian pop music in the late '60s and early '70s. Used in advertising, film, television and radio, this...
