Archive for February 16th, 2013

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The Eagles’ Don Henley Questions Need for a Hall of Fame: ‘Antithesis of What Rock ‘n’ Roll Is All About’

Just because the Eagles are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn’t mean Don Henley is buying into the whole thing.

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Friends organize after retired educator and jazz legend Julian Priester is stricken by kidney ailment

Well-respected trombone player Julian Priester, a sideman with Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra and John Coltrane, is enduring a withering run of bad luck. You May Also Like: Dizzy Gillespie and Friends – Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (2016) Jazz Bassist Petros Klampanis Begins KickstarterRead More

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‘It is very inspiring’: For Steve Lukather, playing with the Beatles’ Ringo Starr about more than music

For Grammy award-winning Toto cofounder and sideman to the stars Steve Lukather, getting to know the Beatles’ Ringo Starr — really know him, as a person — has been the best part of his stint with the newest All-Starr Band. You May Also Like: Ringo Starr and His All StarrRead More

Books: Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, by Robert Landau (2013)

Books: Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, by Robert Landau (2013)

There’s something happening here … What it is clearly isn’t Burma-Shave, and it isn’t Wayne Newton at the Hollywood Bowl or Jerry Lewis in Las Vegas. You May Also Like: Rumble Strip – ‘Let’s Roll’ (2021) Richard Turgeon, “Sunset” (2020): One Track Mind ‘Leon Russell: The Master of Space andRead More

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Ancient VVisdom – Deathlike (2013)

This is not your father’s metal band. Oh, there are guys in leather and denim. There are skull motifs and maybe the occasional spike. There’s all the darkness that you could ask for from the gloomiest of doom metal bands. You May Also Like: Machine Head – Catharsis (2018) ZealRead More

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Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran – Hagar’s Song (2013)

Amazon.com Widgets Charles Lloyd, the jazz legend hidden in plain sight, is as productive and vibrant coming up on his 75th birthday as he’s ever been. You May Also Like: Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Mimosas (2017) Kelly Moran – Bloodroot (2017) Max Moran, jazz bassist: Something Else! Interview

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Gimme Five: Guitarist Bill Frisell’s collaborations outside of jazz

Bill Frisell’s appearance last Saturday with Marianne Faithfull at Paris’ New Morning club was another reminder of the jazz guitarist’s often underrated affinity for pop and rock music. You May Also Like: Living Colour, “Come On” from Shade (2017): One Track Mind How Living Colour’s Smart, Tough Debut Album EmergedRead More