Archive for June 8th, 2012

by / on June 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm / in Movies, Rock Music, Uncategorized

The Rockologist: The Raconteurs – Live At Montreux (2012)

Although I don’t “feel it” exactly the same way that a lot of people do when it comes to Jack White, I do “get it.”

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 2:18 pm / in Progressive rock, Reissue, Rock Music

Yes' 1997 project Open Your Eyes set for reissue on heavy-weight vinyl

Yes’ Open Your Eyes, the legendary prog-rock band’s penultimate project with Jon Anderson, will be reissued on 180-gram heavy-weight vinyl.

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm / in Movies, Rock Music

Lost 1972 broadcasts from Captain Beefheart to be released for first time on DVD

Rare live performances from more than 40 years ago by the late idiosyncratic artist Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, will be featured in a forthcoming 2012 DVD

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 8:05 am / in Fusion Jazz, Uncategorized

Henry Threadgill – Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (2012)

Henry Threadgill is an improviser of the highest order, not because he can improvise on his saxophone or flute, but because he also impovises well with the structure of the song. That creates a unique kind disruption in his music

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 7:37 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Rick Wakeman – In the Nick of Time (2012)

If there is a central image of prog rock’s excesses, it is likely the cape-sporting Yes man Rick Wakeman surrounded by a semi-circle of towering keyboards.

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 7:09 am / in Half Notes, Rock Music

Half Notes: Drivin N Cryin – Songs from the Laundromat (2012)

Kevn Kinney, longtime leader of Drivin N Cryin, cops to the fact that his group has always had a broad palette of influences

Read more ›
by / on June 8, 2012 at 6:32 am / in Friday Morning Listen, Rock Music, Uncategorized

The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (1982)

So we’ve been in the process of getting our ancient house ready for sale. What this means is that there’s been a ton of cleaning, sorting, sneezing, donating, tossing out, and packing. Oh, did I mention the sneezing?

Read more ›