Archive for August 22nd, 2014

Vinyl

Ginger Baker on Cream and his new band, Jazz Confusion: ‘What I’m doing now is far better’

“Cream,” Ginger Baker says dismissively, “was nearly 50 years ago.”

Heaven and Earth appears to have divided Yes’ fanbase like no album since 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans

Heaven and Earth appears to have divided Yes’ fanbase like no album since 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans

Mike Tiano on whether this polarizing Yes album is a detour or a new path.

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Richard Thompson, “Walking on a Wire” from Acoustic Classics (2014): One Track Mind

Richard Thompson takes an old favorite, and does an unexpected thing.

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Dead Neanderthals – Prime (2014)

A wake-up call to anyone who thought free jazz was a dying art.

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Roddy Frame – Seven Dials (2014)

Simultaneously lived in, and like nothing you’ve heard before.

One Track Mind: Elvis Costello, Jim James + Marcus Mumford, “Nothing To It” from Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes  (2014)

One Track Mind: Elvis Costello, Jim James + Marcus Mumford, “Nothing To It” from Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (2014)

You can tell their heart is in it. But something important is off.