Steely Dan Sunday: “I.G.Y.” (1982)
Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen’s first solo album is what I like to call his “George Harrison” moment.
Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen’s first solo album is what I like to call his “George Harrison” moment.
The Grammy-award winning Arturo O’Farrill, in preparing for his first-ever solo piano performance in concert at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York, worked out the initial parameters during a Wednesday night residency at Puppet’s Jazz Bar in Brooklyn. Then, he simply set up a piano in theRead More
Now here’s a nice and nasty blast from the past! I admit I had forgotten all about the Nervebreakers until “My Girlfriend Is A Rock” refreshed my memory. You May Also Like: How Beach Boys Found the Sun Again With ‘That’s Why God Made the Radio’ How ‘Never Mind theRead More
Harvey’s material has never been particularly sunny, but this album is seriously dark. AllMusic uses the word “eerie” in their review and I have to agree – this is haunting, chilling music, all stripped down to bare bones: piano, a few other instruments, and the atmosphere churned up by herRead More
If you think the name of erstwhile guitar god John Frusciante’s forthcoming EP is weird, check this out: It precedes a full-length project called PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone. You May Also Like: When John Frusciante Returned to Solo Work on ‘Shadows Collide With People’ Mostly Other People Do The KillingRead More