GHETTORAGA The Third Ear Band's Official Archive

Edited since 2009 by Luca Ferrari

April 24, 2012

A short essay on the TEB's music by 'folkorganic' musician Sedayne

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Here's a short essay published on TEB's fan Facebook page (read it at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Third-Ear-Band/156660855584 ) ...
April 17, 2012

At last a proper interview with CAROLYN LOOKER, Glen Sweeney missus and TEB former!!!

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I know Carolyn from the half of the Eighties and I've tried to interview her many times but with scarce results. She's a very k...
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April 11, 2012

Denny Bridges updated.

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Denny from his MySpace profile . "Hello Luca,  I still truly like the term 'fascinatingly old-fashioned' [ note: I use...
April 07, 2012

Soon an interview with Carolyn Looker, Glen Sweeney's missus and TEB founder...

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Some months ago I sent some questions to Carolyn because she hasn't got computers and e-mail. She has written down all the answers an...
April 02, 2012

Italian edition of Barry Miles' "London Calling" out now with some quotes of Dave Tomlin, Glen Sweeney and the Giant Sun Trolley...

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As reported in July 2010 (read  at  http://ghettoraga.blogspot.it/2010/07/some-quotations-on-third-ear-band-and.html ), on the last wonder...
March 22, 2012

"A voice from the past"... A letter from ALLEN SAMUEL, TEB (80's) violin player.

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"Dear Luca, here's a voice from the past. I played violin with the Third Ear Band on a couple of visits to Italy in the 80...
March 17, 2012

Mmmm… Another band quoting “Fleance” as its influence…

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This time is an English pop band called HYDE & BEAST ( http://www.hydeandbeast.co.uk/ ) to quote TEB's "Fleance" as it...
March 13, 2012

"Italians like weird stuff...". An old interview with Simon House from the Web.

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Hi, Third Ear's addicts. Here's another old interesting stuff from the Net related to the TEB where the great violinist Simon ...
March 06, 2012

No TEB "Transcription Discs" in the BBC vaults!

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"Hello Luca,  congratulations to your TEB web archive! I have a comment/suggestion with regard to the BBC recordings: since her...
February 29, 2012

Dave Tomlin's new book out!

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A new book written by Dave Tomlin is out just in those days.   " Dave Tomlin’s comic parables encompass the grand and the petty, t...
February 25, 2012

Glen Sweeney's compass found out...

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Do you remember the Glen Sweeney 's compass quoted by Dave Tomlin in a recent file of this archive about alchemy? D ave had revea...
February 19, 2012

"Alchemy": an esoteric record for initiates.

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As a powerful musical/visual/conceptual device, “Alchemy” stands as a really unique work in the Popular Music history. "Alchemy...
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Luca Chino Ferrari
Luca Chino Ferrari (b. 1963) is an Italian music writer. Since 1985 he has written and translated books about folk and rock musicians as Third Ear Band, Robyn Hitchcock, Captain Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Nick Drake, Syd Barrett & the Pink Floyd for the main Italian publishers. He met Syd Barrett in 1986 and did contribute to the reunion of the Third Ear Band during the '80s. His latest books was published in 2020 for English ReR November Books, as a collection of stuff about the Third Ear Band, and in 2024 as a collection of writings about Syd Barrett (in Italian). He runs a personal Web site (in Italian/English) at https://chino6339.wixsite.com/gelatoaicorvi
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