Archive for January, 2012

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Crosby and Nash, Lucinda Williams, Tom Morello, Warren Haynes, Willie Nelson, others contribute to Occupy Wall Street benefit album

An impressive amalgam of musical stars has banded together to aid the Occupy Wall Street movement through the benefit project Occupy This Album — subtitled “A Compilation of Music By, For and Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the 99%.” You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Norman Greenbaum talks legendary smash 'Spirit in the Sky,' set for rare live performance

Norman Greenbaum, more than 40 years after penning the seminal gospel-rock hit “Spirit in the Sky,” is set for a return to the the stage — appearing as a guest with the band Time in Bottle at The Last Day Saloon near his home in Santa Rosa, Calif., on FebruaryRead More

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Neil Young reportedly at work on a new studio project with Crazy Horse

Neil Young, in a Sunday talk at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, revealed that he has been recording with Crazy Horse again, according to Neil Young News. You May Also Like: How Neil Young’s Complex, Hypnotic ‘Greendale’ Revived the Concept Album

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Jeff Lorber Fusion – Galaxy (2012)

Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term “Jeff Lorber Fusion” seems almost redundant. You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber Fusion – Prototype (2017) Jeff Lorber Fusion – Impact (2018)

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The Doors – L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Edition (1971; 2012 reissue)

If people thought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were radical, they were probably stunned to the core by the Doors. Although the Los Angeles band arrived at a time, in 1966 to be exact, when rock music was rapidly expanding beyond its traditional format, they pushed the envelope toRead More

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Abigail Riccards – Soft Rains Fall (2011)

When I first listened to Chicago-based jazz singer Abigail Riccards I had that strange and wonderful feeling of temporarily “forgetting who I was.” This is the kind of power that music can have You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Racing In The Street" (1978)

A fancy muscle car and a pretty girl by your side — that’s all a guy needs to get away from the weight of everyday life. Yeah, it can be as simple as that. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

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Police say Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was found hiding in safe room with shotgun

The story of Megaupload.com’s demise just keeps getting more and more interesting. You May Also Like: The Police – ‘Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out’ (2019) Rita Coolidge – Safe In The Arms Of Time (2018)

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Susan Tedeschi Says Tedeschi Trucks Band Owes Much to Joe Cocker’s ‘Mad Dogs and Englishmen’

The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s main inspiration goes further back than Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett.

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The Romantics – Playlist: The Very Best Of The Romantics (2011)

It’s always interesting to hear how bands got their names, and in this case it’s simple and fitting. Formed on Valentine’s Day, in the year 1977 I may add, the Romantics certainly picked an appropriate moniker. You May Also Like: The Singles – ‘L.O.V.E. From the Santa Cruz Archives ’82-’85’Read More