2011 March 23 — Something Else! Reviews

Archive for March 23rd, 2011

One Track Mind: Orrin Evans, “Jena 6 ” (2011)0
/ March 23, 2011 10:31 am

One Track Mind: Orrin Evans, “Jena 6 ” (2011)

by Nick DeRiso Turns out, it actually does mean a thing, even if it ain’t got that swing. For something like 80 years now, that old Duke Ellington cliche worked as the clarion call of big band music, but its mantra has also become its curse.

Forgotten series: Tears For Fears – <i>Everybody Loves A Happy Ending</i> (2004)4
/ March 23, 2011 9:35 am

Forgotten series: Tears For Fears – Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)

  by Tom Johnson I’ve been what you might refer to as a reluctant Tears For Fears fan for most of my life.

One Track Mind: Percy Sledge, “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)0
/ March 23, 2011 8:14 am

One Track Mind: Percy Sledge, “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)

by Nick DeRiso All hail the one-hit wonder, the lightning-bolt song that accomplishes so much so quickly that it never needs a follow up. We love a tune like that, and there may never be another as timeless as Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves a Woman.” Sledge recorded it, using a chord progression reminiscent of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D,” [...]

One Track Mind: The Gray Lions, “Smaug’s Revenge” (2010)0
/ March 23, 2011 5:46 am

One Track Mind: The Gray Lions, “Smaug’s Revenge” (2010)

by Nick DeRiso Talk about a throwback. Here we have a guy known for these thrilling light shows at the old Fillmore East in New York, another who worked as a producer and songwriter with Aerosmith, Ringo Starr, Ozzy Osbourne and Harry Nilsson, and a dragon from Tolkien. I mean, this is like the soundtrack to waiting in line for [...]

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