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by / on May 23, 2013 at 9:28 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Chicago’s Bill Champlin and Toto’s Joseph Williams – Live in Concert (2013)

Though neither has recently recorded with the groups that made them superstars, Joseph Williams and Bill Champlin remain inextricably linked to Toto and Chicago, respectively, both on tour and in our collective consciousness.

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by / on May 23, 2013 at 8:44 am / in Concerts, Pop Music, Rock Music

‘We needed to see if we could make it’: Paul McCartney remembers Wings’ triumphal 1976 tour of America

Paul McCartney is taking stock of the 1975-76 world tour that produced Wings Over America and the concert film Rockshow, just as each are seeing deluxe reissue.

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by / on May 23, 2013 at 8:00 am / in Jazz, Uncategorized

Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense – Moment and the Message (2013)

Amazon.com Widgets Very soon, Jonathan Finlayson will lose his distinction as jazz’s best trumpet player on the scene today without a record under his name.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 11:21 am / in Pop Music, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Ray Wilson, formerly of Genesis

Ray Wilson is enjoying the best of both worlds these days, having just released a terrific new solo project even while joining Steve Hackett for a series of concerts focusing on classic-era Genesis.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 10:35 am / in Fusion Jazz, Uncategorized, WTF Wednesdays

WTF?! Wednesdays: Splatter Trio with Stan Grabowski, “Wives and Lovers” (1998)

The Bay Area guerrilla thrash-jazzers the Splatter Trio were only together for five or six years during the first half of the 90s, but that managed to leave a path of destruction in their wake.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 9:28 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: John Fogerty, “Mystic Highway” from Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013)

Sounding more like the Eagles than anything so raw and rootsy as Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty’s new song “Mystic Highway” offers a country-rocking groove to go with a dreamily optimistic lyric.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 8:14 am / in Jazz

Something Else! sneak peek: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, “Deep Space/Solar” (2013)

For most musicians and singers alike, mining those great American standards can only get you so far before it begins to sound tired and rote. For thirty years running, the greatest living jazz trio is still mining that gold vein while keeping it fresh and vital.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 7:27 am / in Appreciations, Rock Music

The Doors’ Ray Manzarek (1939-2013): An Appreciation

Looking back, it’s been common to equate the Doors with their vocalist and frontman Jim Morrison.

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by / on May 22, 2013 at 6:30 am / in Fusion Jazz, Jazz, Uncategorized

Pat Metheny – Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (2013)

Pat Metheny and John Zorn? What are both musicians famous for?

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by / on May 21, 2013 at 1:31 pm / in Almost Hits, Country, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Almost Hits: The Eagles, “Busy Being Fabulous” (2008)

Released in 2008 from the Eagles’ double-album set Long Road Out of Eden, “Busy Being Fabulous” is a song that shows Don Henley to be in typical high quality form.

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