Archive for May 24th, 2014

Vinyl

Guitar With Wings: A Photographic Memoir, by Laurence Juber (2014): Books

Juber, with Wings from 1978-81, always had a keen sense of what this opportunity meant.

Vinyl

‘That’s where I draw the line’: The Eagles’ Don Henley set for return to country roots, to a point

His career with Eagles took flight with a similar sound more than 40 years ago.

‘A storm came across the river’: Fate intervened during the construction of a legendary Stax track

‘A storm came across the river’: Fate intervened during the construction of a legendary Stax track

“I don’t think,” Steve Cropper says, “I had even pulled my guitar out of the case yet.”

Vinyl

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York – Shiki (2014)

This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Au Lait” (1981)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Au Lait” (1981)

Each song on ‘Offramp’ is so different from the next, and yet it all hangs together.