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Telegraph.co.ukHey Joe – Orton's cheeky wink to Sixties cinemaTelegraph.co.ukModish on the surface, kitted out with its bright pink Pontiac Parisienne (once owned by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett) and undeniably naff Georgie Fame theme song, the film hums with filthy life underneath, thanks to the weird eye for detail of underrated ...and more »

BBC NewsHospital garden in Cambridge to honour Syd BarrettBBC NewsA childhood friend of Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett is developing a hospital garden in his honour. Syd's Garden will be "laced with little clues" about the singer, according to Stephen Pyle. Designed as a restful area for patients and staff, it will ...

Cambridge NewsPink Floyd-themed hospital garden will be music to patients' earsCambridge NewsIt will be called Syd's Garden, in honour of Floyd founder member Syd Barrett, who was not only a keen gardener himself, but was also a patient at the Cambridge hospital before he died in 2006. Garden project leaflet. The garden is the brainchild of ...

Reissued and Revisited: The Television Personalities on Fire RecordsUnder the Radar Mag (blog)The TVP's central songwriter, Dan Treacy, idolized ousted Pink Floyd-er Syd Barrett – as evidenced by their best-known single, “I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives” – and his reverence for the bubblegum psych-pop of the mid-'60s can be heard in the band's ...

MetroThe 7 ages of Pink Floyd – all you need to know about the godfathers of progressive rockMetroLife has a tendency to mimic art, and an apocryphal story tells of the time a confused, overweight and barely recognisable Syd Barrett interrupted recording sessions for Shine On You Crazy Diamond, unaware that the song was actually about him ...From the Record Crate: Pink Floyd – “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967)The Young FolksPink Floyd's most played song revealedRTE.ieThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd's early genius and the swansong of their madcap leaderHappyCambridge News -Access Atlanta -Glide Magazineall 23 news articles »

If you're a giant Giant Sand fan, you'll want to head to Zia Records at 3370 E. Speedway Blvd. for a live performance from the iconic Tucson band's frontman Howe Gelb. In celebration of two Giant Sand releases coming out on Record Store Day, Gelb will be performing solo at Zia starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. While you're there, you can pick up a copy of the brand new “Heartbreak Pass ...

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Popular Cape band 57 Heavy will channel their inner Pink Floyd for a special experience at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. The multi-media show features imagery inspired by the cover of the Pink Floyd album ‘Animals,’ which will be performed in its entirety along with ‘Dark Side of the Moon.’ Nate Blaser plays the acoustic guitar.

The repertoire spans songs from the entire Pink Floyd catalog, going back to the Syd Barrett era of the band’s 1967 debut “Piper at the Gates of Dawn.” Mr. Darlington has a pretty good sense, though, of what the average Brit Floyd fan wants.

‘Cheerio’ is track 8, but they lied and followed it up with ‘Time Between’. Mercifully though, this darker take on Syd Barrett’s solo works is the best thing all album, and for once doesn’t sound like it’s loaded with private innuendo.

Laying Down Rock' mixes White Fence's familiar Syd Barrett stylings with Cate's cyclical guitar lines, and the title track itself is a naggingly catchy piece of psychedelic folk-pop. 'Spilt the Beans' is wonderfully trippy with Cate droning the line ...

Breaking up is never good for any band, but this group is quite different. Most of their songs were written about Syd Barrett, best known as a founder member of the band and is credited with naming the group. Fans can rest assured that, while the band that ...

But Gilmour told Classic Rock that it would feel wrong for the band to reunite without keyboardist Richard Wright who passed away in 2008, just two years after the band's front man Syd Barrett died. For now, Gilmour is focused on his own solo music.

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