Archive for July 15th, 2012

by / on July 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music, Shows I'll Never Forget, Uncategorized

Shows I’ll Never Forget: Donald Fagen/ Michael McDonald/ Boz Scaggs, July 14, 2012

While Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band is traversing America with his stable of olden goldie hitmakers, Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen and his soulful rock comrades-in-arms Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs

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by / on July 15, 2012 at 8:35 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

The Ripe – Into Your Ears (2012)

Meet the Ripe, a Texas band, whose debut album Into Your Ears affirms they are a serious force to be reckoned with. The band’s music reminds me of a stew pot.

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by / on July 15, 2012 at 8:14 am / in Rock Music, Steely Dan Sunday, Uncategorized

Steely Dan Sunday, "Green Flower Street" (1982)

< >> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** “Green Flower Street” always reminds me of the similarly titled “Green Dolphin Street,” a song from the 1947 Lana Turner movie of the same name that Miles Davis turned in into a jazz standard when he first recorded it in the late 50s.

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by / on July 15, 2012 at 7:51 am / in Half Notes, Rock Music

Half Notes: Jimbo Mathus – Blue Light (2012)

Perhaps best known as the leader of the now-defunct band Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jimbo Mathus is returns with a raw, ambitious six-song EP.

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by / on July 15, 2012 at 7:39 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized

Fallon Cush – April (2012)

Fallon Cush takes a darker, more contemplative turn with April, after the fizzy power pop of its self-titled 2011 debut. That difference in tone is readily apparent from the first, as the opener “It’s a Line” jangles out with a classically Lennon-ish whine

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by / on July 15, 2012 at 7:20 am / in Jazz, Uncategorized

Dave Douglas and the Tiny Bell Trio – Live in Europe (2007)

One of the characteristics shared by most of my favorite jazz musicians is versatility. They have “big ears” in their musical interests as well as in their playing environments.

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