Archive for August 16th, 2014

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One Track Mind: Justin Hayward, “One Day Someday” from Spirits … Live (2014)

Hayward has never sounded closer to the material, or closer to us.

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Alestorm – ‘Sunset on the Golden Age’ (2014)

Alestorm honed their cutlasses to a razor-sharp point on ‘Sunset on the Golden Age.’

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The Core Trio – The Core Trio with Matthew Shipp (2014)

With or without the fourth player, the Core Trio exemplify what free jazz sounds like when the minds behind it are set free.

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‘I don’t mean to sound like everyone’s dull’: Jon Davison admits Yes’ new Heaven and Earth is ‘easy listening’

The softer-edged current project from Yes made a respectable debut at No. 26.

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Steven Wilson – Cover Version (2014)

This illustrates how Wilson matured at a dizzying pace over the 2003-10 era.

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‘I was just strumming around’: Loose session with Steve Cropper sparks one of Rod Stewart’s biggest hits

“It’s more luck,” Stewart says of songwriting, “than judgment.”