Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English songwriter
and musician whose genres include blue-eyed soul, R&B, rock, blues-rock,
pop-rock, and jazz. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays the electric organ,
synthesizers, bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin and other strings. A star
performer for nearly 50 years, he has also done notable work as a ... read more

Adele triumphs at Ivor Novello awards

Adele wins two prizes at songwriting awards, while Harvey's Let England Shake and Sheeran's The A Team are also honouredPJ Harvey and Ed Sheeran threw spikes under the Ad...
Posted 17 May 4.41pm — Comment on this

Celebrity Birthdays - May 12, 2012

Happy Birthday to: Former Traffic singer/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood (1948) Actor Kenton Duty (1995) Lost actor Malcolm David Kelley (1992) Actress Emily VanC...
Posted 13 May 3.19am — Comment on this

Public Image Ltd – review

Heaven, LondonConvened after the messy demise of the Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd always were John Lydon's serious band. But it's still a shock to see punk's flame-haire...
Posted 8 April 12.06am — Comment on this

The adult pop smash is a thing of the past

We never get hit songs written and performed by people with a few years under their belts these days. Why not?Item: Browsing through a music message board the other day, ...
Posted 15 March 8.00pm — Comment on this

Mountain Jam 2012: initial line-up announcement

Steve Winwood and Gov't Mule are headlining the eight edition of the Mountain Jam Festival @ Hunter Mountain, NY (May 31 - June 3). Early-bird tickets are on-sale now w...
Posted 29 January 7.02am — Comment on this

Blind Faith - Live @ The Hyde Park Concert (1969)

For today's Live performance we'll have to go back, way back in time, to the late sixties, when Supergroup Blind Faith, the temporary alliance between Steve Winw...
Posted 12 October 2011 5.20pm — Comment on this

Steve Cropper: Dedicated – review

(Fontana)As house guitarist with Stax records in the 1960s, Cropper was one of the architects of southern soul, a moving force behind Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and mor...
Posted 21 August 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

Plan B aka Ben Drew takes top honours at Ivor Novello awards

Wins Songwriter of the Year prize and awards for Defamation of Strickland Banks and most performed work She SaidHis alter-ego Strickland Banks may have found himself inca...
Posted 19 May 2011 5.58pm — Comment on this

FlashBack! - Cat Stevens - Izitso (1977) (album stream)

Izitso is an album released by the British singer/songwriter Cat Stevens in 1977. After the lackluster Numbers, Izitzo proved to be his comeback. The song "Child for a D...
Posted 18 May 2011 11.24pm — Comment on this

monday evening updates and even more streams

alan f said...HiOST - Natural Born Killers (1994)OST - When The Wind Blows (1986)Nikos Xidakis & Manolis Rasoulis - I Ekdikisi Tis Gyftias (1978) (Greek folk)all @32...
Posted 4 April 2011 5.50pm — Comment on this

Robbie Robertson recruits Tom Morello and Trent Reznor for new album

Former Band songwriter teams up with Rage Against the Machine and Nine Inch Nails musicians on first LP in 13 yearsThe Band's Robbie Robertson is to release his first alb...
Posted 5 January 2011 11.53am — Comment on this

Robbie Robertson – “When The Night Was Young”

This April Robbie Robertson’s releasing his fifth solo album, How To Become Clairvoyant, his first in 10+ years. Outside his six strings, the collection includes gu...
Posted 4 January 2011 9.07pm — Comment on this

Reg King obituary

Accomplished soul singer and frontman of mod band the ActionReg King, who has died from cancer aged 65, was one of the most accomplished white British soul singers of th...
Posted 7 November 2010 6.20pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Steve Winwood songs in the past year.

  • Valerie  270 plays
  • Higher Love  224 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Steve Winwood over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 438 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 71 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 00s 3 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 90s 3 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 3 plays

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