Archive for July 7th, 2013

Vinyl

Daniel Rosenboom – Book Of Omens (2013)

Daniel Rosenboom’s “Book of Omens” – Official Trailer from Alex Chaloff on Vimeo. Daniel Rosenboom’s Book Of Omens could have been the name of a mystic novel, or a play, consisting of several of discreet but related acts. Instead, it’s a musical narrative, but one that still leaves an impressionRead More

Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best Of 2013 (Jazz and Blues): Boz Scaggs, Wicked Knee, Terence Blanchard

Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best Of 2013 (Jazz and Blues): Boz Scaggs, Wicked Knee, Terence Blanchard

We explore triumphs over time from legends like James Cotton and Wayne Shorter. Triumphs of conception like Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee, and Michael Wolff’s combining with Mike Clark. And triumphs of sheer artistry from Boz Scaggs. You May Also Like: Boz Scaggs – Out Of The Blues (2018) Boz ScaggsRead More

Forgotten series: The Five Day Week Straw People – The Five Day Week Straw People (1968)

Forgotten series: The Five Day Week Straw People – The Five Day Week Straw People (1968)

A collectible psychedelic album from this one-off studio-only group consisting of UK songwriters, The Five Day Week Straw People was originally on Saga Records and features your standard British underground psychedelia You May Also Like: Orpheus – ‘Orpheus’ (1968): Forgotten Series The Turtles – Present the Battle of the BandsRead More

Vinyl

Jacelyn Parry – In Quiet Tones (2013)

Jacelyn Parry’s new album deftly reflects a life’s history that begins in Malaysia, continues through Singapore and Australia before settling now in Rome. In Quiet Tones has a similar worldliness, and a similar sense of adventure. You May Also Like: Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent – ‘Quiet Is the Star’Read More

Steely Dan Sunday, “Aja [Live]” (1995)

Steely Dan Sunday, “Aja [Live]” (1995)

It’s interesting to note that Alive in America ends the way the 1994 concerts actually started. The title song from the album Aja made its complete debut on Steely Dan’s second tour of the 90’s in 1994. You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Kid Charlemagne” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021): SteelyRead More