Archive for January 11th, 2012

by / on January 11, 2012 at 11:59 am / in Rock Music

Red Hot Chili Peppers forced to halt tour after Anthony Kiedis suffers foot injury

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed a series of U.S. tour dates after foot problems sidelined frontman Anthony Kiedis.

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 10:22 am / in Fusion Jazz, Gimme Five, Jazz, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Underrated examples of when jazz guys got funky

A look at five jazz albums with grooves in the pocket — even if they weren’t much in the press.

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 9:41 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music

Synth-pop pioneer Thomas Dolby announces U.S. tour; check out our two-part interview

Thomas Dolby is set to embark on a 26-date North American tour this March — with a rather unusual vehicle in tow: A time capsule.

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 9:14 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Guitarist Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis

Steve Hackett, who still nurtures a lasting affinity for classical music, has leapt headlong back into prog rock

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 8:40 am / in Folk, Half Notes, Pop Music

Half Notes: Emily Hurd – Long Lost Ghosts (2012)

Little shards of sunshine peek through on Emily Hurd’s new Long Lost Ghosts, a moving acoustic folk-pop project that asks hard questions and doesn’t settle for easy answers. Recorded on a vintage grand piano at Chicago’s King Size Sound Labs, the album showcases Hurd’s finely wrought way with the language and with a story. She explores with a wanderer’s nostalgia, [...]

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 8:09 am / in Folk, Singer-songwriters

Loreena McKennitt – A Mediterranean Odyssey (2009)

It doesn’t happens very often (and too bad for that!), but there are times when you hear a piece of music, a guitar, or a voice for the first time and the whole world seems to drop away for that moment.

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by / on January 11, 2012 at 7:37 am / in Half Notes, Jazz

Half Notes: Mike Wofford and Holly Hofmann – Turn Signal (2012)

Holly Hofmann, as we noted before, thrives on collaborations with pianists, and she’s had some notables ones with Bill Cunliffe.

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