Archive for November 7th, 2011

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Neal Morse reunites with Spock's Beard on Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles DVD

Spock’s Beard’s neo-prog debut arrived at just the right time, as old-line legends in the genre like Yes and Genesis cratered out in the 1990s. You May Also Like: Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’

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Half Notes: Rob Garcia 4 – The Drop And The Ocean (2011)

When I listen to Rob Garcia’s new album The Drop And The Ocean, the same adjectives come to me as they did for his prior album, Perennial, which are “seductive,” “lyrical,” “well-conceived,” “well-designed,” and Garcia’s drumming being “sensitive” and “delicate.” What I’d probably could add to that is Garcia’s drummingRead More

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1975)

And the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band I have heard Bruce play this story of the E Street band many, many times. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’