I’ve listened to the side-long title track of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays’ As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, oh, maybe just a couple of times in the last twenty years. You May Also Like: Lyle Mays (1953-2020): An Appreciation Lyle Mays, “Eberhard” (2021): One Track Mind

Bruce ends The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle with another image-drenched epic. The song features the piano of David Sancious in full bloom accompanying Billy and Jackie down the dark and blue streets of a Manhattan night. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, theRead More

“No Spare Parts,” a Rolling Stones song that’s been bouncing around on bootlegs for years, will finally find official release on Nov. 21 as part of a new boxed-set treatment for the band’s 1978 album Some Girls. You May Also Like: Rolling Stones – ‘Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Super DeluxeRead More

It’s been some time since we’ve heard Vince Mendoza working in such a personal context. You May Also Like: Kait Dunton, with John D’earth – ‘Planet D’earth’ (2019) William Parker – ‘Mayan Space Station’ (2021) Jon Irabagon – ‘I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But the Blues Vol. 3: Anatomical Snuffbox’ (2020)

by Tom Johnson Every time Grant-Lee Phillips puts out an album this happens: it comes out, I love it, and then it just falls into my routine. Whatever it is about Grant-Lee Phillips, he somehow has the right gearing to mesh with the gearing of my life with nary aRead More

by Mark Saleski What do Neil Diamond, System of a Down, the Beastie Boys and The Dixie Chicks have in common? Rick Rubin. You May Also Like: Tom Petty, Johnny Cash + Beastie Boys: Rick Rubin’s Most Important Albums

. > *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** “Rose Darling” is one of those fairly rare Steely Dan love songs … but in true SD fashion, it’s really more of a lust song. You May Also Like: Five Deep Cuts Underscore the Overlooked Brilliance of Steely Dan’s ‘Katy Lied’ WalterRead More

A record of Brazilian jazz led by Brazilians and featuring three A.C. Jobim standards invites “been there, done that” responses, but the fresh, updated arrangements that pianist Gilson Schachnik and drummer Maurico Zottarelli apply to these and other well-worn tunes distinguishes Mozik from other such excursions into this style. BothRead More

Progressive bluegrass and old-time jazz collide on the forthcoming Old Brooklyn in the person of Andy Statman, the clarinet and mandolin virtuoso. You May Also Like: Big Brooklyn – Purpose (2018) David Krakauer and Ancestral Groove – Checkpoint (2016) Bela Fleck, Robin McKelle, Delfeayo Marsalis + Others: Five For theRead More

On this night, Bob Dylan once again proved he was no fan of history. And that’s why I’ve been a fan of his for so long.