Pond Beard, Wives, Denim (2012)

Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome's vast empire We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome - a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all.

88 Original Recordings. A fusion of Rock n Roll and Hillbilly music brings together some of the greatest tracks from the 50s and 60s. Well known names like Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Elvis who all recorded for Sun Records in Memphis, plus rockabilly legends Sonny Burgess, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Feathers and many more. This four CD set is a must for collectors and for new converts to this exciting musical genre. A combination of rebellion, sexuality and freedom. Get boppin

White Denim, one of the very best rock bands to emerge this millennium, have gone through rapid changes in the 2020s, and now open an exciting new chapter with the wondrous album, '12', which arrives rich in hot tunes and fresh invention.

Sometimes, even amidst the most chaotic moments of our lives, things have a way of coming together. Raze Regal, prolific electric guitarist and James Petralli, founding member and vocalist of Austin, TX indie rock legends White Denim, met during a West Coast tour in 2019, and quickly formed a deep friendship bound by their mutual love of ‘60s and ‘70s rock, the Jazz saxophone innovations and compositions of Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter, ‘80s R & B production techniques and New Wave energy.